Raymond Lesniak, Author at New Jersey Globe

Lesniak: Harris should pick New Jerseyan Mark Kelly for V.P.

July 29, 2024 9:50 amJuly 29, 2024 9:51 am

Our country is divided. That’s obvious, but we aren’t on one issue: immigration. Early polling shows the presidential election to be within the margin of error despite Trump’s huge lead on the immigration issue. Kamala Harris can make one move...

Raymond Lesniak: Settling Scores

April 21, 2022 9:38 amApril 30, 2022 12:29 pm

Tom Dunn and I had a long history together. He was the dominant political figure in Elizabeth from my teens to my early forties, defeating my mom’s candidate, incumbent mayor Steven Bercik, in 1964. I was too engrossed in sports...

Creator of N.J.’s 1st tax incentive: Let’s add affordable housing to the mix

July 13, 2019 11:25 am

OPINION As the sponsor of New Jersey’s first tax incentive that transformed a contaminated garbage dump in Elizabeth into the Jersey Gardens Mall, which has generated thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of revenue for Elizabeth and the state...

Statement of former Senator Raymond Lesniak on tax incentives

July 10, 2019 9:26 amJuly 10, 2019 10:34 am

As the sponsor of New Jersey’s first tax incentive that transformed a contaminated garbage dump in Elizabeth into the Jersey Gardens Mall which has generated thousands of jobs and millions of dollars of revenue for Elizabeth and the State and...