In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) addresses the General Assembly at the opening of the chamber's debate of New Jersey's annual appropriations act for fiscal year 2010.

The $28.9 billion FY 2010 budget (A-4100) is about $4 billion less than last year - representing the largest spending cut in state history - and would: provide property tax rebates to households earning less than $75,000/year; retain the property tax deduction for households earning up to $250,000/year; devote more than half of state of spending to property tax relief; cap tuition increases at 3 percent and increase direct college student assistance by about 10 percent; and increase school aid by $270 million.

It passed the Assembly by a vote of 45-34.

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In this video press release, Democratic members of the Assembly Budget Committee - Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Assembly Budget Committee Chairman; Nellie Pou (D-Passaic), Assembly Appropriations Committee Chair; Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), Assembly Budget Committee Vice-Chair; Albert Coutinho (D-Essex); Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson); Joseph Cryan (D-Union); Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen); and John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester) - discuss the General Assembly's passage of New Jersey's annual appropriations act for fiscal year 2010.

The $28.9 billion FY 2010 budget (A-4100) is about $4 billion less than last year - representing the largest spending cut in state history - and would: provide property tax rebates to households earning less than $75,000/year; retain the property tax deduction for households earning up to $250,000/year; devote more than half of state of spending to property tax relief; cap tuition increases at 3 percent and increase direct college student assistance by about 10 percent; and increase school aid by $270 million.

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In this video press release, Assembly members Patrick J. Diegnan (D-Middlesex) and Pamela R. Lampitt (D-Camden) discuss legislation they sponsored to implement a statewide contract template for the hiring of all public school superintendents.

The bill (A-3185) would require that all school districts in New Jersey use a standard contract template when hiring a new superintendent. The template would address all aspects of employment, including salary, health insurance, pension benefits, sick leave and vacation days.

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In this video press release, Assembly Democrats offer commentary on Governor Jon S. Corzine's 2009 Budget Address.

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In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), explains how funds in the fiscal year 2010 budget are broken down at the start of the Assembly's annual public hearings on the state budget.

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In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee members Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden), Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic), John J. Burzichelli (D-Gloucester), Joseph Cryan (D-Union), Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) and Gordon M. Johnson (D-Bergen) discussed portions of the proposed fiscal year 2010 budget pertaining to property tax relief and education funding during the committee's second public hearing on the spending plan.

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In this video press release, Assembly Budget Committee Vice Chairman Gary S. Schaer (D-Passaic) discusses the priorities preserved in the proposed fiscal year 2010 (FY2010) budget in the first of a series of weekly addresses on the budget.

Schaer's comments came as the Assembly Budget Committee received budget overviews from the state Department of Treasury and the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services.

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In this video press release, Assembly Appropriations Chairwoman Nellie Pou (D-Passaic) details how the proposed Fiscal Year 2010 (FY2010) budget would preserve and support funding to protect New Jersey's most vulnerable residents.

Pou's comments - the second in a series of weekly discussions on the FY2010 budget - came as the Assembly Budget committee took testimony from the state Department of Human Services.

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In this video press release, Assemblywoman Joan M. Quigley (D-Hudson) discusses how the proposed Fiscal Year 2010 (FY2010) budget would preserve funding for key health care services and reinforce New Jersey's health care safety net.

Quigley's comments - the third in a series of weekly discussions on the FY2010 budget - came as the Assembly Budget Committee took testimony from the state Department of Health and Senior Services.

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