Ray Cantor

Bill Allowing Neighboring Towns’ Input on Warehouses Denied by Committee

May07,2021

A bill that would have weakened local authority over warehouse development, which was opposed by NJBIA, failed to win approval by the five-person Senate Community and Urban Affairs Committee on Thursday. The bill (S-3688) would have required towns receiving warehouse applications to notify adjoining municipalities about the plans and to get their approval. It also proposed that any disputes […]

Cantor Tells News 12 State’s Planned Land Use Regs Could Lead to Flood Insurance Woes

Apr02,2021

By NJBIA

State land use regulations being formulated by the state Department of Environmental Protection could lead to half the state being designated as a flood zone and banks requiring homeowners and businesses to buy costly flood insurance. “Once DEP starts saying about half the state is going to be in a flood zone, about half the […]

National Climate Risk Expert: DEP Using Flawed Data to Set Land Use Regs, Harming NJ Economy

Mar08,2021

By NJBIA

A study on sea level rise being used by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to determine new flood hazard regulations is a definitive outlier among climate change reports and could lead to premature coastal adaptation decisions that are expensive and disruptive, according to a well-reputed national consultant on climate risks. The DEP has […]

NJBIA Concerns About DEP Land Use Rules Getting Attention

Mar01,2021

By NJBIA

NJBIA’s concerns about new land use rules being developed by the state Department of Environmental Protection are starting to get more attention. In an op-ed in The Press of Atlantic City on Sunday, NJBIA Vice President of Government Affairs Ray Cantor highlighted that the rules to be introduced by the DEP this spring will result […]

NJBIA Seeks Cannabis Amendments to Address Workplace Safety

Jan29,2021

By NJBIA

NJBIA will ask an Assembly committee to approve workplace safety amendments to the latest cannabis regulation bill that is set to be voted on late Friday afternoon. The Assembly Community Development & Affairs Committee has scheduled the hearing on A-5342, which addresses penalties for underage possession of marijuana, in attempt to satisfy Gov. Phil Murphy’s concerns about two marijuana bills already on his desk that he has refused to sign. The Legislature sent the […]

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