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Social Security Disability Insurance is a program where workers can earn coverage for their benefits. It may benefit disabled workers and their dependents. If you cannot work anymore following a disability, the program may help replace your lost income. Here are a few interesting things to know when applying for disability benefits.
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Trenton NJ, Holly Schepisi took the oath of office today to become the new Senator for New Jersey’s 39th Legislative District. She is the first Republican female Senator from Bergen County and the first female ever to represent District 39 in the Legislature as a Senator.
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Paramus NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of JUAN CUELLO-PINA (DOB: 7/6/1990; married; restaurant owner) of 997 Howard Court, New Milford, New Jersey on charges of Criminal Sexual Contact and Endangering The Welfare Of A Child. The arrest was a result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti and the Wallington Police Department under the direction of Chief Carmello Imbruglia.
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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of NICHOLAS T. DEMAIO (DOB: 5/31/1988; single; unemployed) of 80 Mill Road, Wharton, New Jersey on charges of Receiving Stolen Property; Fencing; Unlawful Possession of a Weapon; Possession of High Capacity Magazines; Possession of Hollow Point Ammunition and Possession of Prohibited Weapons and Devices, Silencers. The arrest is the result of an investigation conducted by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office under the direction of Chief Robert Anzilotti.
Immigration law is incredibly complex and even lawyers who do not specialize in this field have a hard time diving into all its ins and outs to competently advise their clients. Even though it’d be naïve to believe that noncitizens or immigrants who end up in a difficult situation can find a decent way out without expert help, there are 6 important facts about the U.S. immigration law everyone should know.
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy said at the March 22nd press conference , “So our dashboard is showing a current total of 3,510,311 doses. We’ve gotten another half-a-million shots into arms in just one week. And importantly, there have been a total of more than 2.3 million first doses administered by either the Pfizer or Moderna two-step vaccines or of the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That means that we are roughly halfway to our goal of — initial goal — of vaccinating 4.7 million individuals. And by the way, more than 1.2 million of those who live, work and study in New Jersey are now fully vaccinated.”
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Ridgewood NJ, the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife will open catch and release Trout fishing beginning April 1st.
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Montvale NJ, Attorney General Gurbir S. Grewal today announced that the payroll manager for a Bergen County construction company was charged with demanding cash kickbacks from employees and failing to pay them for numerous hours of work. The charging documents allege that this was done to circumvent prevailing wage rules on public works projects. The company, UniMak, LLC, of Saddle Brook, N.J., has entered a non-prosecution agreement with the Attorney General’s Office under which it has agreed to pay $1 million to seven employees who were cheated out of earned wages.
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Hackensack NJ, On Thursday, March 11, 2021, Bergen County Sheriff Anthony Cureton held a swearing-in and promotional ceremony which re-promoted twelve (12) officers and moved twenty-five (25) former County Police Officers to County Sheriff’s Officers. This ceremony completes the merger of the Bergen County Police with Bergen County Sheriff’s Office.
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Washington DC, U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker (both D-N.J.) today released a county-by-county and town-by-town breakdown of the $10.189 billion in direct, flexible, federal assistance to state and local governments allocated to New Jersey in the American Rescue Plan. The final funding formula targets federal resources to areas with the greatest need and is modeled after Sen. Menendez’s bipartisan SMART Act, cosponsored by Sen. Booker, netting New Jersey around $1 billion more than had the money been distributed by population.
Continue reading Bergen Municipalities to Receive $351,302,264.45 in COVID Relief
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Trenton NJ, When New Jersey’s legislature tried to codify the ABC test in the 2019-20 session, large and small businesses responded with an uproar. California enacted a similar bill in January 2020, and the result was widespread income loss and economic devastation to thousands of independent contractors, from court reporters to musicians. The US House of Representatives is voting today on the PRO Act, which includes the same regressive ABC test as the New Jersey and California legislation. Fight for Freelancers New Jersey, a nonpartisan, grassroots group of independent contractors, creatives and businesses, demands that federal legislators vote no on the PRO Act as long as it contains the ABC test.
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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and the Board of Commissioners have announced that the County has partnered with EZ RIDE to provide seniors age 60 and over with rides for COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Ridgewood NJ, the NJ Division of Fish and Wildlife is joining fish and wildlife agencies nationwide to alert consumers about aquarium products that may be infested with invasive Zebra Mussels that have been found in “moss balls,” an aquarium plant product sold at aquarium and pet supply stores. Zebra mussels are regarded as one of the most destructive invasive species in North America.
