Mila Jasey Archives - New Jersey Globe

Jasey declines to say if she’d vote for override

June 27, 2019 5:39 pmJune 28, 2019 9:42 am

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey, one of Gov. Phil Murphy’s closest allies in the legislature, declined to say whether she would back a veto override on the state budget. “I don’t think that will be necessary,” Jasey said when asked which way...

Jasey attends 2nd Murphy presser in 3 days

June 26, 2019 12:57 pmJune 27, 2019 10:01 am

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey is making appearances at Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget press conferences. As far as the Assembly goes, she’s alone in that. On Wednesday, Jasey attended her second Murphy budget presser in three days. Legislators representing Paterson, where the...

LD35 legislators skip Murphy’s Paterson presser

June 26, 2019 12:34 pmJune 27, 2019 9:51 am

Democratic legislators representing Paterson skipped out on attending a Press conference Gov. Phil Murphy held there on Wednesday. “We always invite hometown legislators, and I think they legitimately couldn’t be here today,” Murphy said. “Benjie and Shavonda and Nellie have...

In closing days, Murphy talks to media over legislative leaders

June 26, 2019 12:25 pmJune 26, 2019 4:37 pm

Gov. Phil is taking his side of the budget fight to the media instead of legislative leaders a handful of days out from the state’s budget deadline. Murphy held his third budget press conference in as many days Wednesday, but...

Jasey declines to say if she’d back budget without millionaire’s tax

June 10, 2019 12:16 pm

Assemblywoman Mila Jasey on Monday declined to say whether she’d back a budget without a millionaire’s tax, though she implied it was possible. “I haven’t seen the budget yet in that form,” Jasey said when asked if the absence of...

Murphy won’t name Senators he can get to back millionaire’s tax

June 3, 2019 11:33 amJune 3, 2019 2:40 pm

Gov. Phil Murphy wouldn’t name any senators past the four already supporting his proposal for a millionaire’s tax that he thinks he can get to back the plan. “I won’t get into the names. You and I have talked about...

Tammy Murphy helps Mila Jasey

May 16, 2019 2:57 pm

First Lady Tammy Murphy was in Essex County on Wednesday night to attend a fundraiser for Assemblyman Mila Jasey (D-South Orange), one of the legislators most supportive of Gov. Phil Murphy’s legislative agenda. Jasey is seeking re-election to a seventh...