On behalf of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and its Board of Directors, I want to congratulate Phil Murphy on his inauguration today as New Jersey's 56th governor and also congratulate Shelia Oliver for becoming our new lieutenant governor.
We wish them every success.
Gov. Murphy's "fight for Jersey" attitude is long overdue.
No one can be satisfied with where New Jersey is today.
Our state can achieve greatness with energetic and enthusiastic bipartisan leadership and we all need to work together to achieve it.
That message came through loud and clear in Gov. Murphy's remarks today.
The governor's message was broad and inclusive, but the theme was simple, and reminded me of the lyrics to the song "Settlin'" by Sugarland:
I ain't settling for just getting by
I've had enough so-so for the rest of my life
Tired of shooting too low, so raise the bar high
Just enough ain't enough this time
I ain't settling for anything less than everything.
- 2018-01-16
- NJ Advance Media for NJ.com
You have a new governor, New Jersey.
Phil Murphy, a Democrat entering elected office for the first time, was sworn in as the Garden State's 56th governor just before noon Tuesday during a ceremony at the Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton.
- 2018-01-12
New Jersey Chamber of Commerce members exchanged business cards and discussed the latest Chamber programs, events and ways to grow their businesses at a networking event January 10 at BDO's Woodbridge office.
- 2018-01-11
- NJBIZ
Gov. Chris Christie on Thursday signed the legislation that would allow for Amazon to receive up to $5 billion in state incentives were it to develop its second headquarters in New Jersey. The bill, coupled with the city of Newark’s HQ2 bid, would offer up to $7 billion in local and state incentives to the ecommerce giant.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce salutes Gov. Chris Christie and thanks him for his eight years of leadership as Governor.
The New Jersey Chamber also thanks Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno and the members of the administration for their work and dedication to making New Jersey a better place.
Under the Christie administration, we witnessed significant economic progress behind a series of initiatives that had bipartisan support, including tax cuts, debt reduction, renewal of the Transportation Trust Fund, the Economic Opportunity Act and a reduction in job-killing regulations.
These actions, all supported by the NJ Chamber, helped lead to seven consecutive years of private sector job growth.
We urge both parties to build on this bipartisan blueprint. This state has enormous potential and there are solutions to all of our problems if we all work in a bipartisan, constructive way.
We look forward to working with Gov.-elect Murphy, Lt. Gov.-elect Oliver, Senate President Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Coughlin and the new Legislature to make New Jersey a better place for everyone to live and work.
In the governor's farewell state of the state address, he said that he was proud that he left our state a better place than when he began his governorship. We agree with that and we applaud what he has done in the face of some significant obstacles.
- 2018-01-05
- Politico NJ
FAIR LAWN — New Jersey Democrats, including Gov.-elect Phil Murphy, think they’ve found a giant loophole in the new federal tax code and want to leverage it to allow homeowners across the state to keep deducting their property taxes, skirting a new $10,000 cap on such write-offs that was imposed by the law President Donald Trump signed last month.
We were all saddened to hear of the passing of former Gov. Brendan Byrne and on behalf of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and its Board of Directors, I would like to offer condolences to his wife Ruthi, his son Tom, and the Byrne family.
Gov. Byrne was a lifelong supporter of the business community and the NJ Chamber and we will all fondly remember his annual attendance at our Walk to Washington, which he attended an astounding 51 times.
He was an exemplary public servant who put the welfare of New Jersey ahead of partisan politics.
It was his character and integrity that made him so many friends on both sides of the political aisle.
I was blessed to have had numerous opportunities to talk to and work with Gov. Byrne and I will miss his insight and his wonderful sense of humor.
The passing of Gov. Byrne is a great loss for New Jersey and for me personally, but we were all much richer for having known him.
- 2018-01-02
- NJTV
While the tax code rewrite was working its way through congress, New Jersey Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Bracken called it “very dangerous” for New Jersey, warning it would harm property values and make the state “less competitive.” What does he think now? Recently Bracken, an NJTV trustee, sat down with business correspondent Rhonda Schaffler.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce congratulates Gov. Christie for issuing an executive order directing municipalities to accept prepayment of at least a portion of 2018 property taxes before Dec. 31, 2017.
For many property taxpayers in New Jersey, this could ease some of the sting - at least for the year 2018 - of the recently approved federal tax reform legislation.
While this is a welcome benefit to those who can take advantage of a prepayment, it does not negate the fact that the net impact of the new 'Tax Reform and Jobs Act' will be a negative to our state.
We hope the governor's executive order is the beginning of more state policy in 2018 that will further mitigate the impact of the federal legislation on the taxpayers of New Jersey.
New Jersey taxpayers should monitor any IRS rulings related to this subject and consult a tax advisory to help determine if pre-paying taxes would benefit them.