Louis Greenwald

GREENWALD STATEMENT ON COMMITTEE RELEASE
OF FISCAL YEAR 2009 STATE BUDGET

(TRENTON) - Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald today said that while it is not perfect, the Fiscal Year 2009 state budget released by the panel this afternoon marks a turning point that will move New Jersey in the right direction.

GREENWALD/CRYAN 'PERMIT EXTENSION ACT'
CLEARS SECOND ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE HURDLE
Measure Would Extend Building Permits For Six Years;
Part of Stimulus Package to Help Business, Keep New Jersey Competitive

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Environmental And Solid Waste Committee today released legislation Assemblymen Louis Greenwald and Joseph Cryan sponsored that would extend the life of building permits for a maximum of four years for commercial and residential development projects stalled by the possible lack of funding or revenues due to the current economic downturn.

ASSEMBLY PANEL CLEARS BILLS TO ENHANCE TRANSPARENCY, SAFETY AT STATE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALS
Measure Would Establish Strict Training Programs, Drug Testing and Reporting Standards; Bills Stem from Reports of Poor Conditions, Unreported Deaths at Ancora Psychiatric Hospital
    
(TRENTON) - A three-bill package of legislation Assembly members Sheila Oliver, Pamela Lampitt, and Assemblyman Louis Greenwald sponsored in response to problems uncovered at South Jersey's Ancora Psychiatric Hospital was released today by an Assembly committee.

ASSEMBLY PANEL CLEARS MEASURE REAUTHORIZING
CLEAN ELECTIONS FOR 2009 LEGISLATIVE CYCLE
Measure Would Expand Public-Financing Initiative to Primary Elections,
Clamp Down on Overall Costs
    
(TRENTON) - Bipartisan legislation Assemblyman Louis Greenwald sponsored to reauthorize and expand the state's landmark Clean Elections pilot program for the 2009 legislative elections was released today by an Assembly committee.

At 6:30 this evening on NJN, PoltickerNJ.com correspondent Matt Friedman will join a political roundtable to discuss New Jersey's current political scene. Friedman will be joined by Gannett New Jersey's Greg Volpe, Politifax's Nick Acocella, and the Bergen Record's Charles Stile, with NJN Senior Political Correspondent Michael Aron hosting the discussion.

The roundtable will recap the state's U.S. Senate primary elections, ongoing budget negotiations, legislative hearings on executive county school superintendents and the possibility that Democratic Gov. Jon Corzine's emails to Carla Katz may be made public.

Let’s not lose sight of the next campaigns: competition among South Jersey Democrats to replace Rob Andrews in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The traditional candidates for the post are Senate Majority Leader Steve Sweeney and Assemblyman Louis Greenwald.  But insiders in Camden County have spent the last day suggesting that Sweeney is happy being in line to serve as Senate President, and Greenwald seems content with the idea that he would follow John Adler to the State Senate – if Adler win the District 3 House race.  Who will George Norcross pick?

If Rob Andrews runs for the United States Senate, there would be some competition for his safe Democratic congressional seat in the first district.  Possible candidates would include Senate Majority Leader Stephen Sweeney and Assemblyman Louis Greenwald; both expressed interest in the seat in 2006, when Andrews was a candidate for appointment to the Senate seat that went to Robert Menendez.

GREENWALD: ACCESSIBILITY, AFFORDABILITY
KEYS TO GROWING STATE'S ECONOMY

(TRENTON) - Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald said today that growing New Jersey's economy relies in large part on government and business working together to expedite business permit reviews and make housing and health care more affordable.

GREENWALD:  REFORMING HEALTH INSURANCE MARKET KEY TO IMPROVING ACCESS FOR NEW JERSEYANS

(TRENTON) - After a bipartisan news conference unveiling an ambitious plan to reform and expand New Jersey's health insurance market, Assembly Budget Committee Chairman Louis D. Greenwald (D-Camden) released the following statement:

ASSEMBLY PASSES CRYAN/GREENWALD/MORIARTY BILL TO ALLOW GOVERNMENT NOTICES, INFORMATION VIA INTERNET

(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today passed legislation Assemblymen Joseph Cryan, Louis D. Greenwald, and Paul D. Moriarty sponsored to expand state and local government information publication requirements to the Internet.