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Lawmakers this week held legislation opposed by NJBIA that would result in 300 municipalities, encompassing 4.5 million residents, being designated as overburdened and denying economic growth opportunities. While NJBIA felt the bill S-232 was well-intentioned in trying to curb pollution problems in urban areas. But because of it set many parameters that were unattainable and […]

The unprecedented lockdown of New Jersey’s economy has severely impacted the state’s tax revenues, but by how much is becoming an increasingly contentious debate. Few were all that surprised when New Jersey Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio said on May 22 revenue collections left the state with a budget shortfall of about $10 billion through the […]

NJBIA has strongly opposed bill S-2380/A3999, which allows for a presumption that certain essential employees contracted COVID-19 on the job and shifts the response costs onto New Jersey’s workers compensation system. Below is a list of how each member of New Jersey’s Legislature voted on this bill, which needlessly adds costs to New Jersey employers […]

NJBIA strongly opposed legislation that could result in 300 municipalities, encompassing 4.5 million residents, being designated as overburdened because it would deny them economic growth opportunities. “This bill would greatly impact major manufacturers in this state, both existing and those who may have been willing to locate here,” NJBIA Vice President of Government Affairs Ray […]