Nikita Biryukov, Author at New Jersey Globe

Lawmakers introduce VBM reform bill

August 23, 2019 5:06 pmAugust 23, 2019 5:18 pm

State lawmakers introduced vote-by-mail reform bill meant to circumvent a Murphy administration ruling that blocked voters who requested mail-in ballots in 2017 and 2018 from receiving such ballots in perpetuity. “The clerk of each county shall add to the list...

Testa hits Murphy over Wildwood boardwalk funding veto

August 23, 2019 3:44 pmAugust 23, 2019 6:46 pm

Cumberland County Republican Chairman Michael Testa launched an attack at Gov. Phil Murphy over his veto of a bill that would have provided $4 million to the Greater Wildwoods Tourism and Development Authority. “First Governor Murphy slashed our school funding...

Murphy conditionally vetoes tax incentive extension

August 23, 2019 1:36 pmAugust 23, 2019 7:07 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy conditionally vetoed a bill extending for seven months two troubled tax incentive programs administered by the Economic Development Authority. “For the past six years, New Jersey has operated under a severely flawed tax incentive program that wasted...

Parenti hits Russo over use of union time during tenure in Franklin

August 22, 2019 3:38 pmAugust 22, 2019 6:52 pm

Republican Somerset County Sheriff candidate Bill Parenti is calling on his opponent to pay Franklin Township back for 273 hours of work marked as union time. “My opponent should immediately pay back Franklin Township, and in turn, its taxpayers for...

Murphy renews tax incentive extension veto threat ahead of Assembly, Senate quorums

August 22, 2019 2:54 pmAugust 22, 2019 6:30 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he still intends to veto a seven-month extension of troubled tax incentive programs administered by the Economic Development Authority absent changes Thursday. “All options are on the table, but if it’s as-is, we will veto it,...

Murphy declines to say who hired Dye

August 22, 2019 12:35 pmAugust 23, 2019 2:12 am

Gov. Phil Murphy declined to say who hired Jeffrey Dye, a Department of Labor official who was fired after the New Jersey Globe first reported he made a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino comments on social media. “I’ve said all...

Steinhardt calls on Murphy to break silence on Dye hiring

August 21, 2019 4:40 pm

New Jersey Republican State Chairman Doug Steinhardt called for Gov. Phil Murphy to break his silence on the hiring — and subsequent firing — of a political appointee who made a series of inflammatory statements on social media. “Governor Murphy...