Lou Greenwald

OLIVER / LAMPITT / GREENWALD / LOVE / CRUZ-PEREZ BILL REQUIRING STATE TO REPORT ASSAULTS & DEATHS AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS SIGNED INTO LAW

(TRENTON) – Legislation sponsored by Assembly members Sheila Y. Oliver, Pamela R. Lampitt, Louis D. Greenwald, Sandi Love and Nilsa Cruz-Perez to require the state to publicly report assaults and deaths at state psychiatric hospitals has been signed into law by Gov. Jon S. Corzine.

GREENWALD: WE WILL NOT REPEAT LAST MINUTE REPUBLICAN FEEDING FRENZY

(TRENTON) – Assembly Budget Chairman Lou Greenwald released the following statement today:

“I am heartened by Gov. Corzine’s move to find $400 million in budget savings and by the insistence by the Governor and Speaker Roberts that the Legislature not pass bills during the upcoming post-election session that would result in added spending.

“Post-election sessions are a time to tackle unfinished business, and under Speaker Roberts these sessions have been very moderate and measured.

“One thing we won’t do is repeat what happened in 2001, when Republicans went on a wild and chaotic feeding frenzy and at the last minute irresponsibly spent hundreds of millions of dollars we didn’t have as a recession loomed..."

GREENWALD & LAMPITT PRAISE NJ’S PROGRESS IN CLOSING ACHIEVEMENT GAP; HAIL IMPROVEMENTS UNDER GOV. CORZINE

(CHERRY HILL) – Assembly Budget Chairman Louis D. Greenwald and Assemblywoman Pamela R. Lampitt on Tuesday praised the progress made under Gov. Jon S. Corzine in closing the achievement gap between African American, Latino, low-income students and their classmates.

ASSEMBLY DEMOCRATS PRAISE RELEASE OF LANDMARK HOSPITAL SAFETY REPORT

Commend Governor for Posting 1st Report with Hospital-Specific Error Data

(TRENTON) – Assembly members Paul Moriarty, Linda Greenstein, Herb Conaway, Lou Greenwald and Nilsa Cruz-Perez today praised a new state report that for the first time details hospital-by-hospital medical errors. They urged New Jerseyans to use the report when making health care decisions.

Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-South Brunswick), left, campaigning in 2007.

Clarifying a release issued yesterday concerning the Middlesex County delegation's endorsement for Assembly Speaker of Assemblyman John Wisniewski (D-Sayreville), Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein (D-South Brunswick) said she has made no endorsement in that emerging contest, and does not intend to endorse anytime soon. 

"I'm focused on my election and the governor's election and I have made it clear that I wont issue any public endorsement until after the election," said Greenstein.

In addition to Wisniewski, sources say Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Ewing), Assemblyman Joe Cryan (D-Union Township), Assemblyman Lou Greenwald (D-Cherry Hill), Assemblywoman Sheila Oliver (D-East Orange), and Assemblyman John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro) are all potential candidates for the Speaker's chair to be vacated at the end of this year by retiring Speaker Joe Roberts (D-Camden).

GREENWALD: CONTINUED PRIVATE JOB GROWTH A POSITIVE FOR NEW JERSEY

(TRENTON) – Assembly Budget Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) Wednesday released the following statement on new employment numbers that show New Jersey added 2,900 private sector jobs in August:

“No one denies that we still have more work to do to recover from this global economic recession left over from the Bush administration.

“But New Jersey’s private employers continue to add workers to the payrolls while government is being streamlined and that’s a positive and encouraging trend..."

GREENWALD APPLAUDS CORZINE ANNOUNCEMENT THAT MORE PEOPLE HAVE HEALTH INSURANCE IN N.J.

(VOORHEES)— Assembly Budget Chairman Louis D. Greenwald today hailed new statistics announced by Gov. Jon S. Corzine that showed the number of New Jerseyans without health insurance fell by more than 11 percent, the second largest reduction in the nation between 2007 and 2008.

“This is a huge leap in the right direction and great news for New Jersey taxpayers who pay severely when people without insurance go to emergency rooms for more expensive medical care,” said Greenwald (D-Camden). “Gov. Corzine and legislative Democrats have made making health insurance for working families more affordable a priority and our effort is working.”

HOLMDEL -- Another day, another poll showing Gov. Corzine trailing Chris Christie – this time by eight points among likely voters in a Monmouth University/Gannett survey.

Assemblyman Lou Greenwald (D-Voorhees), who’s served in the legislature since 1996, says he’s seen it before.

“I think it’s tracking many elections as it has in the past that have resulted in successful elections for Sen. Menendez and many others,” said Greenwald as he was about to enter the pre-rally fundraiser headlined by President Obama.

Although Menendez was trailing in several polls for much of the race, he was not down by this much and this consistently – in every independent poll taken since the election began.

“He’s never run against a candidate with name ID like Chris has had, and I think that balances off. But at the end, I think what Chris should be nervous about are the Democrats who are not in his column right now but will come home and decide this election in November,” he said.

GREENWALD AGE-RESTRICTED HOUSING BILL SIGNED INTO LAW

Measure Will Create Jobs, Affordable Homes, Preserve Local Control

(TRENTON)—Legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Louis Greenwald (D-Camden) to permit developers of new housing construction projects currently restricted to those who are 55 and older to apply for elimination of the age restriction was signed into law today.

“Jump-starting stalled housing construction projects are essential to jump-starting our economy,” said Greenwald (D-Camden). “Allowing some new age-restricted developments the opportunity to open doors to families of all ages will create jobs, provide working families affordable places to live and ensure local input remains a guiding factor of these development projects.”