Vincent Prieto

ROBERTS AND PRIETO ASK STATE HEALTH CHIEF WHETHER BREAKTHROUGH CAN HELP N.J. DETECT AUTISM EARLIER

(TRENTON) – Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. and Assemblyman Vincent Prieto today sent a letter to the state health commissioner asking whether a new breakthrough could help New Jersey diagnose and treat autism earlier.

A four-hour impasse over public employee benefits reform legislation Monday night in the General Assembly left a number of top Assembly Democrats fuming after several Hudson Democrats held out their votes on the measure causing the delay.  The boycott -- apparently orchestrated by State Senator Nicholas Sacco, who holds three public jobs in addition to his wife's employment with the Hudson County School of Technology, forced Democrats to rely on Republicans to pass the measure, a common occurrence in the Senate but a rarity in the lower House which infuriated veteran Democrats. 

QUIGLEY/PRIETO/WISNIEWSKI BILL TO PROVIDE PUBLIC NOTICE BEFORE BUS, TRAIN SERVICE DISCONTINUED RELEASED

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assembly members Joan M. Quigley, Vincent Prieto, and John S. Wisniewski sponsored to require public and private operators of bus and train services to give 45-days notice before eliminating routes was released today by an Assembly panel.

ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE CLEARS BILL TO CREATE AN ADVOCATE FOR AUTISTIC NEW JERSEYANS

Part of Second Wave of Autism Support Measures Would Establish the Office of the Advocate for Persons with Autism

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee today released legislation Assembly members Joan Voss, Vincent Prieto and Assembly Speaker Joseph J. Roberts, Jr. sponsored to establish an Office of the Advocate for Persons with Autism (OAPA).

ASSEMBLY PASSES QUIGLEY/CONNERS/PRIETO MEASURE TO BRING OVERSEAS VOTING INTO 21ST CENTURY

Measure Would Ease Restrictions, Update Ballot Transmission Methods for NJ Residents Stationed or Living Abroad

(TRENTON) - The General Assembly today passed legislation Assembly members Joan M. Quigley, Jack Conners, and Vincent Prieto sponsored to ease archaic voting restrictions on New Jerseyans living or stationed overseas by allowing them to submit their ballots through 21st Century communications means.

QUIGLEY/CONNERS/PRIETO MEASURE TO BRING OVERSEAS VOTING INTO 21ST CENTURY ADVANCES

Measure Would Ease Restrictions, Update Ballot Transmission Methods for NJ Residents Stationed or Living Abroad

(TRENTON) - An Assembly panel today released legislation Assembly members Joan M. Quigley, Jack Conners, and Vincent Prieto sponsored to ease archaic voting restrictions on New Jerseyans living or stationed overseas by allowing them to submit their ballots through 21st Century communications means.

PRIETO STATEMENT ON CASTRO RESIGNATION

(SECAUCUS) - Assemblyman Vincent Prieto made the following statement in response to today's resignation of Fidel Castro as Cuba's president:

QUIGLEY/CONNERS/PRIETO INTRODUCE MEASURE TO BRING OVERSEAS VOTING INTO 21ST CENTURY

Measure Would Ease Restrictions, Update Ballot Transmission Methods for NJ Residents Stationed or Living Abroad

(TRENTON) - Assembly members Joan M. Quigley, Jack Conners, and Vincent Prieto today announced the introduction of legislation that would ease archaic voting restrictions on New Jerseyans living or stationed overseas by allowing them to submit their ballots through 21st Century communications means.

There are no plans to get Hillary Clinton back in New Jersey for Super Tuesday, but her campaign made the best of their New Jersey resources to start their final push towards the primary.

With the Barack Obama campaign gaining momentum in the state, Clinton's New Jersey all stars began their statewide bus tour this morning at the Brownstone Diner and Pancake Factor in downtown Jersey City - deep in the territory of Mayor Jerramiah Healy, one of Obama's chief backers. 

The rally was not completely without reminders of who the mayor of the town supports.  Just before the rally began, a white van sat out front with a sign on its side reading "Save America, vote Obama."  But before most of the Clinton-backing politicians arrived, the van drove off and its parking spot was filled by the SUV of the local congressman, Albio Sires.

COHEN/PRIETO BILL INCREASING PENALTIES FOR GAS GOUGING SIGNED INTO LAW

(TRENTON) - Legislation Assemblymen Neil M. Cohen and Vincent Prieto sponsored to increase the penalties associated with falsifying prices and other devious gas-gouging business practices utilized by unscrupulous service station operators was signed into law today by Governor Jon S. Corzine.