InsiderNJ: Democratic Legislators Offer Plan to Protect the Fairness & Accuracy of Legislative Redistricting from COVID Delays

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SCUTARI STATEMENT ON BILL EXPANDING WORKERS’ COMP BENEFITS FOR ‘ESSENTIAL WORKERS’ PASSING SENATE

Trenton – Senator Nicholas Scutari issued the following statement on the Senate passing legislation, S-2380, he sponsored which would expand access to workers’ compensation and other benefits for front-line workers sickened by the coronavirus:

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RUIZ, SCUTARI INTRODUCE LEGISLATION TO ASSIST TAX PAYING IMMIGRANTS

Trenton – In response to countless tax-paying immigrants being excluded from the CARES Act, Senate President Pro Tempore M. Teresa Ruiz and Senator Nicholas Scutari introduced legislation today to provide cash assistance for Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) users.
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SENATE LEADERSHIP CALLS FOR DECISIVE ACTION TO ADDRESS DELAYS IN UNEMPLOYMENT APPLICATIONS

Trenton – Senate President Steve Sweeney, Senate Majority Leader Loretta Weinberg, Senate President Pro Tempore M. Teresa Ruiz, Senate Deputy Majority Leader Sandra B. Cunningham, Chair of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Paul Sarlo, Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee Nicholas Scutari and Republican Budget Officer Steve Oroho sent the following letter to Governor Phil Murphy and the New Jersey Commissioner of Labor and Workforce Development Robert Asaro-Angelo:

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SCUTARI, GREENSTEIN, HOLZAPFEL BILL TO PROVIDE EMPLOYMENT PROTECTIONS FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONDERS CLEARS SENATE

Trenton – Legislation which would prohibit employers from terminating, dismissing, or suspending an employee that is actively engaged in providing paid or volunteer emergency medical services related to a state of emergency, passed through the Senate today. The bill is sponsored by Senator Nicholas Scutari, Senator Linda Greenstein and Senator James Holzapfel.

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INSIDER NJ: Sweeney-Scutari Bill Would Extend Project Labor Agreements

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CRYAN-SCUTARI BILL WOULD HELP PREVENT NYC’S MISTREATMENT OF THE HOMELESS

Trenton – A senate committee approved legislation sponsored by Senator Joe Cryan and Senator Nick Scutari that would help prevent the mistreatment of the homeless by New York City’s program that relocates people from the city’s housing shelters to other communities, including those in New Jersey.

 

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RUIZ, SCUTARI, CUNNINGHAM BILL TO PERMIT USE OF CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY FOR CHILD CARE PASSES SENATE

TRENTON – Legislation sponsored by Senate President Pro Tempore M. Teresa Ruiz, Senator Nicholas Scutari and Senator Sandra B. Cunningham which would permit using campaign funds to pay for childcare in certain instances, passed the Senate today.

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New Jersey Law Journal: Age 70 'Not What it Was,' Say Lawyer-Legislators Pushing Effort to Change Judicial Retirement Rules

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New Jersey Law Journal: Legislation to Regulate Arbitrators Now Law

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