Ray Lesniak Archives - New Jersey Globe

Lesniak to serve as Senate Democrats’ special counsel

October 26, 2020 2:16 pmOctober 27, 2020 1:46 pm

Former State Sen. Ray Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) will serve as special counsel to the upper chamber’s majority caucus, Senate President Steve Sweeney (D-West Deptford) announced Monday. “Raymond Lesniak has a wealth of experience with some of the most significant issues of...

Lesniak Institute forms social justice task force

June 2, 2020 5:21 pm

The Lesniak Institute for American Leadership is forming a social justice task force to combat systemic inequalities in the state. The organization will hold its first event — a virtual roundtable on how to combat systemic social inequalities — next...

Some movement on tax incentive compromise after Murphy staff dinner with former senators

September 12, 2019 6:48 pm

There is some progress on a compromise to extend New Jersey’s controversial tax-incentive program into next year following a private dinner between Gov. Phil Murphy’s top staffers and two former state senators who are acting as emissaries of Senate President...

Heartbroken, Lesniak returns to Trenton

July 29, 2019 3:39 pmJuly 30, 2019 12:10 pm

The death of Salena Carroll Lesniak hasn’t been easy on her husband, former State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth). “Even talking about it, I’m breaking out in tears,” Lesniak told the New Jersey Globe Monday. “I mean, it’s a real struggle....

Lesniak won’t seek public office again

July 29, 2019 3:14 pmJuly 29, 2019 3:39 pm

Former State Sen. Raymond Lesniak (D-Elizabeth) won’t challenge Gov. Phil Murphy — or anyone else — in 2021 or any year thereafter. “I’m not running for political office ever again,” Lesniak said. Lesniak spent four decades in the legislature, starting...

Select Committee won’t investigate EDA task force, Smith says

July 29, 2019 2:30 pmJuly 29, 2019 4:44 pm

The Select Senate Committee on Economic Growth Strategies won’t be used to investigate Gov. Phil Murphy’s tax incentive task force, State Sen. Bob Smith, the committee’s chairman, said Monday. “To be clear, this committee is not planning to conduct an...

EDA task force holds 3rd hearing

July 9, 2019 10:15 am

The task force convened by Gov. Phil Murphy to investigate abuses of the Economic Development Authority’s tax incentive programs is holding its third public hearing Tuesday, July 9. At the hearing, which is being livestreamed here, the committee will take...