Gary Schaer Archives - New Jersey Globe

Murphy puts a shovel in the ground in Lyndhurst, a town Ciattarelli must win

April 30, 2021 1:03 pmApril 30, 2021 6:52 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy attended a groundbreaking for a new $31.5 million New Jersey Transit train station in Lyndhurst, giving him a political benefit in a South Bergen municipality that is a must-win for Republican Jack Ciattarelli. A blue collar township...

Former Passaic NAACP president removed after anti-Semitic statements running for mayor

April 22, 2021 4:02 pmApril 22, 2021 8:29 pm

Jeffrey Dye, the former Passaic City NAACP president who was ousted over a series of anti-Semitic and anti-Latino Facebook posts, is running for mayor. Dye, who was fired from a $56,088-a-year post in Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration after the New...

NJPP: State should adopt consensus forecasting, multi-year budgeting

April 15, 2021 12:42 pm

A progressive group called on New Jersey to do away with competing revenue forecasts drafted by the Office of Legislative Services and the State Treasury Thursday, cautioning the practice leads to politicized budget negotiations and encourages reliance one one-shot revenue...

GOP candidates against Sarlo, Schaer, Calabrese drop out

April 12, 2021 8:58 amApril 12, 2021 9:38 am

Republicans in the 36th district have withdrawn their candidates for State Senate and State Assembly just before a judge was set to hear a challenge to their petitions on Monday morning. That leaves Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee Chairman Paul...

Murphy proposes $20 million program to insure state’s children

March 30, 2021 11:43 amMarch 30, 2021 5:40 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday announced a new proposal that would appropriate $20 million to pay for unemployed children’s health insurance, a move he said has won the support of President Joe Biden’s administration. “We know that lack of coverage...

Schaer praises Wainer Apter record on fighting hate speech

March 17, 2021 10:55 am

Citing her efforts to fight racism and anti-Semitism, Assemblyman Gary Schaer (D-Passaic) has endorsed Rachel Wainer Apter’s nomination to become an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court. Gov. Phil Murphy announced Wainer Apter on Monday as his choice...

Murphy, vaguely aware of Soriano-Taveras, has no specific reaction

March 3, 2021 3:08 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy said he was only vaguely aware of accusations of anti-Semitism leveled against a Democratic Assembly candidate who call for a boycott of some Jewish businesses in Teaneck. “I don’t know the candidate in the 37th,” Murphy said...