Roy Freiman Archives - New Jersey Globe

Sherrill signs bill expanding employee ownership programs

September 4, 2026 11:55 amSeptember 4, 2026 12:58 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill has signed legislation to expand state assistance for small businesses seeking to transition to employee ownership. The law, S4218/A5016, directs the New Jersey Economic Development Authority to establish an Employee Ownership Transition Program. The initiative will offer...

A look at federal, county and municipal races in Somerset County in 2026

July 8, 2026 4:23 pmJuly 9, 2026 3:57 pm

For more than a century, Somerset County stood among New Jersey’s premier Republican strongholds. It backed Herbert Hoover over Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression, remained reliably Republican through the New Deal and postwar eras, and...

New law will save businesses $25

July 8, 2026 1:00 pmJuly 8, 2026 6:10 pm

Legislation sponsored by Sens. Carmen Amato (R-Little Egg Harbor) and John Burzichelli (D-Paulsboro), along with Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough), aimed at reducing business filing fees and lowering the cost of starting a business in New Jersey, has been signed into...

A conversation with Roy Freiman

May 29, 2026 6:00 amMay 29, 2026 12:17 pm

The New Jersey Globe is continuing its series of legislator Q&As with Roy Freiman. Prior installments include Luanne Peterpaul, Dave Bailey Jr., Doug Steinhardt, Al Abdelaziz, Andrew Zwicker, Mike Inganamort, Cody Miller, and Chigozie Onyema. Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough) represents...

Freiman announces prostate cancer diagnosis as he pushes early screening bill

February 18, 2026 4:56 pm

Late last year, the Financial Institutions and Insurance Committee, chaired by Assemblyman Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough), cleared a bill expanding requirements for health insurance coverage of regular prostate cancer screenings. The bill languished — the whole Assembly didn’t act on the...

Coughlin shuffles committees as Legislature gears up

January 30, 2026 3:36 pm

Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin has shifted the Democratic majority on the powerful Assembly Budget Committee from 10-5 to 11-4 after Republicans lost five seats in last year’s election. Coughlin added Democrats Al Abdelaziz (D-Paterson) and Avi Schnall (D-Lakewood) to the...

Freiman, Drulis easily win re-election in LD16, Ciattarelli’s old district

November 4, 2025 9:57 pm

Assemblymembers Roy Freiman (D-Hillsborough) and Mitchelle Drulis (D-Raritan Township) have won re-election, the New Jersey Globe projects, earning them another term in the Central Jersey legislative district once held by GOP gubernatorial nominee Jack Ciattarelli. The result wasn’t particularly close;...