Chris DePhillips Archives - New Jersey Globe

DePhillips, Rooney get GOP leadership posts

June 4, 2021 3:34 pmJune 4, 2021 4:14 pm

Two assemblymen from the 40th district are joining the ranks of the chamber’s GOP leadership, Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick (R-Westfield) announced Friday. Assemblyman Chris DePhillips (R-Wyckoff) will replace Holly Schepisi (R-River Vale) as deputy leader. Schepisi was elected to...

Edna Mahan reaches tentative consent decree with federal authorities, Hicks says

April 8, 2021 2:50 pmApril 9, 2021 12:03 am

The state Department of Corrections has reached a tentative consent decree with federal authorities that’ll likely see federal monitors installed at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility, Correction Commissioner Marcus Hicks said during a joint hearing of the Assembly Judiciary and...

Ten Republican legislators back DeCroce amid party division

April 1, 2021 5:32 pm

Republican legislators are picking sides in the 26th legislative district’s primary. Three GOP Senators and seven Assembly members endorsed Assemblywoman BettyLou DeCroce (R-Parsippany-Troy Hills) in a three-candidate race where each of the district’s three county Republican organizations have backed a...

Assembly panel clears amendments to redistricting delay amendment

July 9, 2020 5:44 pmJuly 10, 2020 10:50 am

The Assembly Judiciary Committee advanced changes to a constitutional amendment that would delay the state’s legislative reapportionment until 2022 if Census figures are not delivered by Feb. 15 of next year. The amendment to the amendment cleared the committee in...

Bramnick urges change to Black Lives Matter Day resolution

July 1, 2020 10:47 amJuly 2, 2020 8:05 am

Assembly Minority Leader Jon Bramnick on Monday spoke out against a resolution naming July 13 as Black Lives Matter Day, citing concerns about the legislature tying itself to an outside organization. “Black lives matter, but this resolution doesn’t deal with...

DePhillips: Neuwirth firing not just a personnel issue

June 2, 2020 5:13 pmJune 2, 2020 6:31 pm

Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips (R-Wyckoff) doesn’t think the firing of an assistant commissioner in the Department of Health during a pandemic is just a personnel issue. “My concern is that this is not a simple process issue. It’s not just a...

DePhillips bill would eliminate SDA

February 28, 2019 5:43 pmMarch 1, 2019 8:32 am

Legislation to eliminate the New Jersey Schools Development Authority – under fire for rampant nepotism under the leadership of Lizette Delgado-Polanco – and transfer the agency to the economic Development Authority was introduced today by Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips (R-Wyckoff). “This...