Louis Manzo

MANZO AMMUNITION REGULATION BILL ADVANCES

Legislation Would Help Regulate Sale of Ammunition in NJ

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblyman Louis D. Manzo sponsored to regulate the sale of ammunition in New Jersey was released by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee today by a vote of 4 to 1.

PORTION OF WATSON COLEMAN ANTI-STREET GANG PACKAGE RECEIVES FINAL LEGISLATIVE APPROVAL

Measure Would Help Combat Gang Violence, Protect Children

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today gave final legislative approval to a portion of a sweeping "Fighting Gangs, Protecting Our Youth" legislative initiative Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman championed to provide municipalities, schools, and law enforcement authorities with new tools to combat the growing menace of street gangs in New Jersey.

ASSEMBLY PANEL CLEARS MANZO/JOHNSON BILL REQUIRING IMMEDIATE REPORTING OF HANDGUN THEFT

Measure Would Encourage Prompt Reporting of Gun Loss, Theft

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Louis Manzo and Gordon M. Johnson sponsored to require handgun owners to immediately report the loss or theft of a firearm to authorities was released today by the Assembly Law and Public Safety Committee by a vote of 4 to 2.

Sandra Bolden Cunningham won a Special Election Convention tonight to replace Joseph Doria in State Senate.  Doria resigned to become Acting Commissioner of Community Affairs.

Cunningham will fill the remaining three months of Doria's term.

GOVERNOR SIGNS BILL CRIMINALIZING POSSESSION, USE OF ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATIONS DEVICES IN PRISONS

(TRENTON) - Assemblymen Louis M. Manzo, Jeff Van Drew, Craig A. Stanley, and Alfred E. Steele today welcomed the signing of a new state law that makes it a crime for inmates in adult and juvenile corrections facilities to possess or use electronic communications devices.

GREENSTEIN/McKEON/MANZO ANTI-POLLUTER BILL
BECOMES NEW STATE LAW
Eliminates Statute of Limitations for Environmental Crimes

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein and Assemblymen John McKeon and Louis Manzo sponsored to enhance the enforcement powers of state environmental officials has been signed into law by Governor Corzine.

WATSON COLEMAN/MANZO BILL EXPANDING EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PROGRAM SIGNED BY GOVERNOR

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman and Assemblyman Louis Manzo sponsored to make more working poor families eligible for a tax credit worth an average $558, was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.

ASSEMBLY PASSES WATSON COLEMAN/MANZO BILL
EXPANDING EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT PROGRAM

(TRENTON) - The Legislature today passed legislation Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman and Assemblyman Louis Manzo sponsored that would make more working poor families eligible for a tax credit worth an average $558.

Supporters of Democratic Assembly candidate Nicholas Chiavaralotti like the numbers in Bayonne, which look significantly higher than what they see in Ward F. Chiavaralotti campaign staffers expect a turnout of over 5,000 in Bayonne, where Louis Manzo’s ticket must score a strong plurality to overcome the Hudson County Democratic Organization’s strength in Jersey City’s Ward F.

Bayonne Councilman Tony Chiappone’s campaign team at his Bayonne headquarters on Broadway Avenue confirm that about 1,500 voters in Bayonne and 1,185 in Jersey City’s Ward F had turned out to vote as of 1 p.m.