Jerry Green

GREEN STATEMENT ON HEARING FOCUSING
ON HOME MORTGAGE AND FORECLOSURE CRISIS

(PLAINFIELD) - Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Jerry Green (D-Union) released the following statement today on the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee's Monday hearing on the ongoing home mortgage and foreclosure crisis.

GREEN STATEMENT ON PLANS TO HOLD JOINT MONDAY HEARING FOCUSING ON HOME MORTGAGE AND FORECLOSURE CRISIS

(PLAINFIELD) – Assembly Speaker Pro Tempore Jerry Green (D-Union) released the following statement today on plans by the Assembly Housing and Local Government Committee to hold a joint hearing Monday on the ongoing home mortgage and foreclosure crisis.

The hearing will be held with the Assembly Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee as part of a daylong emphasis on the economy.

LANDMARK AFFORDABLE HOUSING REFORM PLAN SIGNED INTO LAW

Bill Implements Most Comprehensive Reform  Of State's Affordable Housing Laws in Over Two Decades

(TRENTON) - Landmark legislation reforming the state's affordable housing program by implementing more equitable housing practices and increasing affordable housing availability across the state was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine during a ceremony in Mount Laurel, the South Jersey community at the historic heart of the affordable housing issue.

COMPREHENSIVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING REFORM PLAN
CLEARS ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS PANEL
Bill Would Implement Most Comprehensive Reform
Of State's Affordable Housing Laws in Over Two Decades

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Appropriations Committee today released legislation to reform the state's affordable housing program by implementing more equitable housing practices and increasing affordable housing availability across the state.

ASSEMBLY CLEARS BILLS TO MOVE SCHOOL ELECTIONS,
SLASHING SCHOOL OVERHEAD COSTS CLEAR COMMITTEE
Bipartisan Measures Aim to Enhance Accountability at School Board Level,
Clamp Down on Non-Classroom Administrative Costs

(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today passed two bipartisan measures Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. championed to enhance local voters' ability to hold elected school board members accountable for their fiscal and policy decisions and to slash inefficient non-classroom administrative spending in public schools.

BIPARTISAN BILLS FOR NOVEMBER SCHOOL ELECTIONS,
SLASHING SCHOOL OVERHEAD COSTS CLEAR COMMITTEE
Measures Aim to Enhance Accountability at School Board Level,
Clamp Down on Non-Classroom Administrative Costs

(TRENTON) - Two bipartisan measures Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. is championing to enhance local voters' ability to hold elected school board members accountable for their fiscal and policy decisions and to slash inefficient non-classroom administrative spending in public schools were released today by the Assembly Education Committee.

BIPARTISAN BILL TO MOVE SCHOOL ELECTIONS
TO NOVEMBER INTRODUCED IN ASSEMBLY
Speaker Aims for June Vote on Measure          

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. today formally introduced legislation first proposed last month to eliminate the state's April school elections and to move school board member elections to the November ballot.

ASSEMBLY PANEL CLEARS PACKAGE OF BILLS TO IMPROVE HOSPITAL EFFICIENCY, ACCOUNTABILITY

Measures Would Help To Stabilize Financial Health of State's Hospitals

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today released a multi-bill legislative package aimed at stabilizing the long-term financial health of the state's hospital industry to stave-off future hospital closings.

The measures are sponsored by Assembly members Herb Conaway, MD, Ralph R. Caputo, Albert Coutinho, Jerry Green, Linda Greenstein, Gary Schaer, Grace Spencer, Connie Wagner, and Bonnie Watson Coleman.