VAN DREW: DELIVERY OF PROPERTY TAX CUTS
FIRST STEP DOWN ROAD TO PERMANENT RELIEF

(First Legislative District) – Responding to news that approximately one million property tax relief checks were mailed today, Assemblyman Jeff Van Drew called on all South Jersey property taxpayers to ensure they are not left out of receiving their fair share of this year's record-setting $2.2 billion in direct property tax relief. Read More >

TURNER HISTORIC SITE BILL ENACTED - BIG WIN FOR TAXPAYERS

TRENTON - Senator Shirley K. Turner today said the enactment of her bill, S-2808, by Governor Corzine is "good news for Princeton taxpayers" because it removes a property tax exemption for the private Cottage Club.

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Team Allen: “Property Taxpayers Deserve Guaranteed Relief”

Allen, Propp and Griffin unveil plan to deliver property tax relief and reform

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MORIARTY CALLS FOR CREATION OF STATE WEB SITE
FOR ONE-STOP PROPERTY TAX INFORMATION
Assemblyman Says State Should Open Portal for Residents
To Send Property Tax Horror Stories, Tax-Cutting Ideas

(WASHINGTON TWP.) - Assemblyman Paul Moriarty today called for the creation of a new state Web site where New Jersey's property taxpayers could have one-stop access to information on all existing property tax relief programs, submit new property tax-cutting ideas to lawmakers, and even send their own property tax horror stories.

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ROBERTS: Q-POLL SHOWS RESIDENTS RECOGNIZE NEED
TO SUSTAIN PROPERTY TAX CUT
Speaker Welcomes Two-and-a-Half-to-One Margin of Support
For Dedicating Full Penny of Sales Tax to Long-Term Property Tax Relief

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr., today said results of a newly released Quinnipiac University poll show conclusively that New Jersey residents understand the need to ensure the long-term sustainability of the maximum 20 percent property tax cut enacted this year.

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ROBERTS: FINAL SAY ON LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY
OF PROPERTY TAX CUT NOW RESTS WITH VOTERS

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. today lauded the Senate's passage of legislation empowering voters to permanently dedicate the final one-half cent of last year's penny increase in the sales tax to ensure the long-term sustainability of the state's new property tax cut.

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT ...

Assembly proposes another 'tax relief' gimmick Editorial, The Record of Hackensack, May 20, 2007  

NEW JERSEYANS can't afford election-year gimmicks. The Assembly is considering a proposal to dedicate all of the money collected from last year's sales tax increase toward property tax relief. It sounds good. So does a cure for baldness, a pill for instant weight reduction and a deal on a bridge to Brooklyn.

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 Property Tax Plan May Hurt New Jersey’s Municipalities

Senator Joe Kyrillos, (R-Monmouth/Middlesex), issued the following statement in response to media reports that Moody’s Investors Service believes the recently enacted property tax caps and credit program will cause fiscal problems for New Jersey’s 566 municipalities.

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DeCROCE: THE MORE TAXPAYERS KNOW ABOUT THE DEMOCRAT PROPERTY TAX PLAN, THE LESS THEY WILL LIKE IT

Republican Leader Says Favorable Poll Results Will Turn Around When More Homeowners Realize They Won’t Get a 20% Property Tax Cut

             Assembly Republican Leader Alex DeCroce said today a new Quinnipiac University Poll that recorded a 71 percent approval rating for the recently enacted 10-to-20 percent property tax cut plan is no cause for celebration.

            “Even Assembly Republicans who voted in favor it, because it was the only property tax relief plan Democrats were willing to consider, know taxpayer resentment will build when homeowners realize they won’t be getting a 20 percent tax cut – if they get any tax cut at all,� said DeCroce, R-Morris and Passaic.

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ROBERTS: 71 PERCENT APPROVAL OF 20 PERCENT TAX CUT PLAN
UNDERSCORES SIGNIFICANCE OF PROPERTY TAX SPECIAL SESSION

(TRENTON) - Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts Jr. today welcomed the results of a newly released poll that finds voters supporting the recently enacted 20 percent property tax cut plan by a 71 to 21 percent margin.

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