Port Authority Chairman David Samson told NJBIZ this week his Authority is "in compliance" with its obligations, despite the recent $400 million lawsuit.But Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop was quick to answer Samson's claim. Fulop said on Twitter (embedded below), referring to the Authority's delayed response as well as Samson's claim, "they finally woke up ...
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5 Ocean City businesses receive Stronger NJ grants
Pelican Pete's Island Car Wash, Neal's A&D Tire Service, Christina's Butterfly Boutique, Making Waves and Serendipity Bed and Breakfast were the announced recipients.The program offers grants of up to $50,000 to businesses that were damaged during superstorm Sandy. The EDA says that it has thus far approved over $6.6 million in grants to 132 businesses ...
Read More »Obama’s ACA reversal now in hands of N.J. insurance regulators
The immediate future of the Affordable Care Act in New Jersey now appears to be in the hands of the Department of Banking and Insurance.
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Samson breaks Port Authority’s silence on Jersey City suit
Chairman of Port Authority comments on potential $400 million lawsuit it faces from Jersey City over taxes.
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Insurance industry Obama’s ACA reversal could mean higher premiums for all
President Obama’s announcement that people should be able to keep their existing insurance policies is good news for the millions who recently received cancellation notices – but insurance companies worry about destabilization.
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Economic Opportunity Act II advances to budget committee
Follow-up legislation to the Economic Opportunity Act, the New Jersey business incentives overhaul signed into law in September, was unanimously released from the Senate Economic Growth Committee today.
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Economic Opportunity Act II That’s right, proposals for more incentives will be presented Thursday
Well, that didn't take long.
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More movies? Committee to hear testimony supporting Garden State Film and Digital Media Jobs Act
"It will be a job creator for areas all across the state," Fulop said in an interview Tuesday.The act is featured as part of a package of additional business incentives to complement the recently passed Economic Opportunity Act. State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Union) is sponsoring the bill, which also calls for additional tax credits for ...
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Chiesa returns to Wolff Samson after stint as interim U.S. senator
By Joshua Burd | Email | TwitterJeff Chiesa has landed in a familiar place — Wolff & Samson — after spending five months filling in as a U.S. senator, the West Orange-based law firm announced today.The former state attorney general has rejoined the firm as a partner after being tapped by Gov. Chris Christie in ...
Read More »On national talk-show circuit, Christie promotes private-sector growth amid 2016 speculation
"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace, for starters, cut straight to the chase, using his first question to ask Christie how interested he was in running for president in 2016."Well, Chris, what I'm interested in doing is being the governor of New Jersey," Christie said.That answer was a common refrain throughout the morning for Christie, ...
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Gay couples find equal rights in marriage bring equal rights in divorce
In perhaps the most unexpected unintended consequence of gay marriage becoming legal in New Jersey, the law will also help same-sex couples looking to separate get more out of that all too frequent byproduct of divorce: alimony.Stacey Cozewith, a partner with Snyder & Sarno in New Jersey, explains this stems purely from a federal tax ...
Read More »Too big to fail American Dream worth one more shot
So one of the first awards under the controversial Economic Opportunity Act goes to one of the most controversial projects in recent history. Sounds about right.Triple Five, of course, is the last developer standing that thinks it can reboot Xanadu into American Dream, a shopping and entertainment paradise in the shadow of MetLife Stadium. When ...
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