Press Releases
Singleton Bill To Provide Property Tax Relief To Permanently Disabled Veterans Who Pay Rent Advances
TRENTON– Legislation sponsored by Senator Troy Singleton to provide a gross income tax credit to certain totally and permanently disabled veterans for rent constituting property taxes has passed the Senate Military and Veterans’ Affairs Committee.
Singleton Condemns Trump Admin Move To Protect Health Care Workers That Discriminate Against Patients
TRENTON – Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington) issued the following statement today on the Trump Administration’s announcement that it will create the Division of Conscience and Religious Freedom to protect doctors, nurses or other healthcare workers who deny care based on religious or moral objections:
New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus Elects Leadership For 218th Legislative Session
TRENTON – The New Jersey Legislative Black Caucus this week held its reorganization meeting and selected its leadership team for the 218th Legislative Session. The caucus chose to re-elect Senator Ronald L. Rice as Chairperson. Assemblyman Jerry Green, D-Union, Middlesex and Somerset, and Assemblywoman Shavonda Sumter, D-Bergen and Passaic, were re-elected as Vice Chairs.
Singleton, Caputo, Jasey, Lagana & Quijano Bill To Revise Requirements For Disclosure Of Security Breaches Heads To Governor's Desk
Legislation Would Require Companies to Notify Consumers When Online Accounts Are Compromised
(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton, Ralph Caputo, Mila Jasey, Joe Lagana and Annette Quijano sponsored to increase transparency when the security of consumers' personal information is compromised online received final legislative approval Friday and now heads to the governor.
Vainieri Huttle, Muoio, Singleton, Caputo & Jasey Bill To Address Chronic Absenteeism In Public Schools Goes To Governor
(TRENTON) - Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Elizabeth Muoio, Troy Singleton, Ralph Caputo & Mila Jasey to tackle student absenteeism in public schools received final legislative approval Monday and now heads to the governor's desk.
Singleton, Wimberly, Chiaravalloti & Mukherji Bill To Crack Down On Drivers Who Illegally Pass School Buses Heads To Governor
Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Troy Singleton, Benjie Wimberly, Nicholas Chiaravalloti and Raj Mukherji instituting a school bus monitoring system to crack down on drivers trying to illegally pass buses gained final legislative approval from the General Assembly on Monday.
Conaway, Moriarty, Tucker & Singleton Bill To Expand Veterans' Hiring Preference Clears Assembly
Legislation Would Eliminate Discrepancy Between State, Federal Definition of "Veteran"
(TRENTON) Legislation Assembly Democrats Herb Conaway, Paul Moriarty, Cleopatra Tucker and Troy Singleton sponsored to help more veterans secure employment in New Jersey was approved Monday by the General Assembly.
Singleton & Schaer Legislation To Conduct Pension System ‘Stress Tests,’ Monitor Investment Management Fees Signed Into Law
Legislation sponsored by Assemblymen Troy Singleton and Gary Schaer to monitor the long-term health of the state's numerous public employee pension systems and track fees paid to outside investment managers was signed into law on Monday.
MAKING SURE THE NEW ADMINISTRATION IS SAVVY ABOUT SMART GROWTH
In its recent report, New Jersey Future argues that smart growth makes the most economic sense
The election of a new governor is a time when organizations of all sorts look to regroup and re-examine their priorities, set new goals, and determine how to best direct their efforts to try to achieve their aims. For some, the new administration’s priorities align with their own and success may be relatively easy. For others, it may be impossible to achieve goals that run counter to the new governor’s.
RISING HEALTHCARE COSTS AMONG CHALLENGES FOR MURPHY ADMINISTRATION
Some experts argue that New Jersey should consider rate setting to stabilize costs and create a more sustainable system
Protecting, or even expanding, access to healthcare has become a public priority in recent years, forcing policymakers to grapple with a number of complex factors, including a vexing and dependable trend: the growing cost of care itself.