WISNIEWSKI/GIBLIN/COUTIHNO/STENDER BILL INCREASING FUNDS FOR SENIOR TRANSPORT ADVANCES

Increase Would Help Programs Absorb 2008’s Record High Gasoline Prices, Ensure Continued Service

The General Assembly today passed legislation  John Wisniewski, Thomas Giblin, Albert Coutinho and Linda Stender sponsored to increase funding for senior transportation programs.

The measure (A-2046) would increase the annual appropriation for "The Senior Citizen and Disabled Resident Transportation Program" from 7.5 percent to 8.5 percent of the revenue deposited in the Casino Revenue Fund.

"The state has thousands of senior citizens on fixed incomes and limited mobility who absolutely rely on state-funded transportation programs to survive," said Wisniewski (D-Middlesex). "To offset the costs incurred from last summer's record high fuel prices and to prevent curtailing of essential senior services during the ongoing recession, we must increase the amount of funding these programs receive."

MEDIA ADVISORY—THURSDAY

STENDER TO HOST AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION’S 'GO RED FOR WOMEN DAY’ TO PREVENT HEART DISEASE 

(TRENTON) – Assemblywoman Linda Stender (D-Union) on Thursday will lead the American Heart Association’s “Go Red for Women Day” to promote awareness and action against the number one killer of American women - heart disease.  

GUSCIORA/McKEON/STENDER CALL ON CONGRESS
TO CONTINUE TO OPPOSE OFFSHORE DRILLING

Resolution Blasts Bush's Call On Congress To Exploit Domestic Natural Resources

(TRENTON) - Assembly members Reed Gusciora, John F. McKeon and Linda Stender today called on Congress to remain steadfast in its opposition to offshore drilling despite President George W. Bush's continued pleas to lift a moratorium that would directly impact New Jersey's coastline.

'GLOBAL WARMING RESPONSE ACT'PASSES ASSEMBLY

(TRENTON) - The Assembly today passed landmark legislation that would make New Jersey the second state in the nation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through an aggressive plan to drastically cut global warming over the next half century.  The bill is sponsored by Assembly members Linda Stender, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Reed Gusciora, Linda R. Greenstein, and John F. McKeon.

'GLOBAL WARMING RESPONSE ACT' CLEARS ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE

(TRENTON) - The Assembly Budget Committee today released legislation Assembly members Linda Stender, Valerie Vainieri Huttle, Reed Gusciora, Linda R. Greenstein, and John F. McKeon are sponsoring to establish an aggressive greenhouse gas reduction plan in an effort to help curb global warming over the next half century.