What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week -01/27/2024
Affordable Housing Back on the Radar, Report on Flood Resilience, Telehealth Access Lands in NJ Supreme Court and Guidelines on Artificial Intelligence issued for NJ Attorneys Affordable Housing Overhaul Advances NJ Monitor Another bill would allow affordable housing projects backed by state or local affordable housing trust funds to make payments in lieu of taxes. That bill drew some concern...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week -01/20/2024
Charter School Get a Boost, State Saves Big on Bonded Debt, NJ Consumers Get More Protection, Lawmakers Get a Raise, Students Get Another Day Off, The Feds are Lame Landmark Legislation for Charter Schools From NJ Education Report The bill is the first-ever funding framework for New Jersey’s public charter schools since their inception 26 years ago, and will...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week -01/13/2024
Ambitious Week for Murphy on Education, Immigration, Mental Health and More…. Education From NJ Education Report: “While the work of cementing important changes and implementing them on the ground has just begun, Governor Murphy’s proposed initiatives reflect those for which our coalition has long advocated, such as investment in teacher training, literacy assessments of students, and collaboration with local universities...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week -01/06/2023
Affordable Housing Reform Pushed Back, Infertility Treatment & Insurance Coverage, Grief Instruction in Schools, Liquor License Reform and Legislative Pay Raises Affordable Housing Bill Pushed to Next Legislative Session From the New Jersey Monitor The Senate won’t consider legislation making sweeping changes to the state’s affordable housing system before the Legislature’s session ends Tuesday, though the proposal is likely to...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week -12/30/2023
NJ Legislators Poised to Get a Pay Raise, Minimum Wage Increase, Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Advances, Breweries Face Restrictions… Legislators To Vote on Salary Increases From northjersey.com Yet there are defensible arguments for pay hikes. It’s been 24 years since New Jersey legislators have had their pay increased. And there are career government officials who argue that boosting pay...
Transparency in NJ Had a Near Death Experience – What Now?
Now that there has been a pause to overhauling OPRA and OPMA – let’s take the opportunity to make both laws better. I would argue that one of BHCW’s most significant accomplishments is the normalization of OPRA requests in our community. It wasn’t too long ago that neighbors would post the OPRA requests of other neighbors in some weird attempt...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 12/23/2023
OPRA and OPMA Protected….For Now, Deeper Dive into Efforts on Reforming Affordable Housing, Push Back on Legislation Removing Teacher Evaluations, Bill Holding Contractors Accountable Moves Forward, New Rules Requires Home Sellers to Disclose Flood History Open Government Advocates Appear to be Winning the First Battle on OPRA and OPMA From The Jersey Vindicator: New Jersey lawmakers appear to be stepping...
Bill Reforming Affordable Housing in NJ Introduced
Yesterday new Affordable Housing Legislation was introduced into the State Legislature. Supporters indicate that this legislation would replace COAH and establish a more organized pathway for municipalities to meet affordable housing obligations. Main Features of the legislation include: -Mediation panels aimed to reduce litigation between municipalities and developers. -Immunity for municipalities demonstrating a “good faith” effort in meeting their Affordable...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week – 12/16/2023
Murphy Tries To Cram Six on State BOE During Lame Duck, Residents Fight Back on Property Seizures, Walsh Takes on Union County Payouts, Annual Teacher Evaluations May Be Eliminated, NJ Domestic Workers and Job Seekers Have Some Help on the Way Governor Murphy Tries to Cram in Six on the State BOE From NJ Education Report: All current State Board...
What’s Important to Know About NJ This Week- 12/09/2023
NJ and US Falling Behind Rest of the World on Test Scores, Police Training Badly, NJ Public Charter Schools Show Up Strong, Underage Drinking May Bring Harsher Penalties, Proponents of Corporate Tax Fighting to Keep it Alive NJ and US Falling Behind Rest of the World on Test Scores From NJ Education Report For the first time since the COVID-19...
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