The setting for the governor’s budget address – SHI Stadium on Rutgers' Piscataway campus – was fittingly unusual given the circumstances and compressed time frame Murphy and the Legislature face in crafting a spending plan, which leaves them operating in a more compressed time frame than usual leading up to Oct. 1.
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Under a law enacted in 2016 under then-Gov. Chris Christie, the levy contains a “specific formula to ensure that [gas] revenue is meeting a certain target. When it does not, the gas tax rate has to be adjusted accordingly," State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said in a statement announcing the uptick, adding that changes in the rate "are dictated by several factors that are beyond the control of the administration.”
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We've got the details of what your workout will look like when fitness centers reopen their doors, with requirements for masks, social distancing, sanitization and more in place.
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Under the measure, the administration would set aside $30 million in federal relief for the New Jersey Economic Authority to distribute as loans or grants “for costs associated with business operation interruptions” caused by the decision to roll back the restart for restaurants to serve patrons inside just days before it was set to begin.
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The former Assistant U.S. Attorney and current Montgomery McCracken Walker & Rhoads LLP partner, who will also be the state Supreme Court's youngest justice, was unanimously confirmed by the Senate on Aug. 27.
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In June, the governor said he would support the measure, which requires developments like power and sewage plants, landfills, and waste disposal sites to consider their environmental impact on “overburdened communities” in the area.
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To date, the virus has infected more than 190,000 residents and claimed nearly 15,000 lives in the state.
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Due to the lapse in $600 pandemic relief payments from Washington, the state paid out $316 million for the week ending Aug. 22 – compared to $1 billion for the week ending June 6 – as the Murphy administration applies for FEMA's $300 assistance plan and pushes for more COVID relief.
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According to New Jersey Commissioner for the Department of Labor and Workforce Development Robert Asaro-Angelo, the state’s application to participate with the program will likely be submitted and approved in a matter of days, but checks could take much longer to come through.
Indoor operations will be allowed to restart operations at 25 percent capacity and with required face coverings.
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“We have made deep cuts and found necessary economies where we need to,” the governor said. “Some spending cuts are absolutely necessary in the face of this crisis, and, yes, some of them will hurt.”
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After the governor laid out his revised $32.4 billion spending plan for the 2021 Fiscal Year, the leaders of both the state Senate and Assembly weren't ready to dismiss any of its proposed new taxes and fees, which add up to $860 million, saying "nothing's off the table yet."
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