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New Bill Requires School Districts to Include Instruction on Diversity and Inclusion, well maybe ….

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Ridgewood NJ, a new bill requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion. Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi, “While I have sponsored and voted in favor of many pieces of legislation over the years to ensure equality for all, including all races, religions, genders and members of the LGBTQ+ community, today I will be voting no on a bill A-4454. This bill requires school districts to include instruction on diversity and inclusion commencing this year as part of implementation of New Jersey Student Learning Standards. While on its face the bill appears to be one that we should all support, as with all things the devil is in the details.”

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Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi, “Change starts with each and every one of us”

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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi can not say this any clearer. In a Facebook post she reiterated :
“I DO NOT SUPPORT THE VIOLENCE THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK.”

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Bergen County Executive Rubber Stamps A Quarter of a Billion Dollars of New Debt on New Bus Station in Hackensack

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Hackensack NJ, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco promoted what he called ,” a visionary public transportation, infrastructure and economic development project between the County of Bergen and the BCIA took a major step forward after receiving unanimous approval from the NJ State Local Finance Board. The project, praised by the Finance Board for its innovation, will transform vacant property and one of the state’s busiest bus depots into a multimodal transportation hub right in downtown Hackensack, the County Seat. It’s a fact that public transportation provides economic opportunities. Every $1 invested in public transportation generates $5 in economic returns.”

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Bergen County Still Counting Ballots

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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi , “Bergen County folks….many of our local races are pretty much all still up for grabs. We won’t know final numbers until next week.
Vote counters in Bergen County had tallied ballots only through Nov. 1 as of election night, with tens of thousands received Monday and Tuesday yet to be tallied, leaving many local races in limbo.
When the first set of unofficial totals for the county were released Tuesday night, about 377,000 ballots had been included, according to the county website. Those numbers reflected only ballots received through Sunday and a small number of Monday ballots, said Jamie Sheehan-Willis, chairwoman of the Bergen County Board of Elections. She said the county had received an estimated 451,000 ballots before Election Day. She expected that number to be much higher when the ballots submitted via drop box on Tuesday were included.”

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Incorrect Ballots Have Been Sent to Residents in Teaneck

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Teaneck NJ, according to Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi, If you live in Teaneck and potentially surrounding communities in Bergen County please make sure you received a correct mail in ballot from the County Clerk before you vote and send it in. Apparently there were incorrect ballots sent to residents with Congressman Josh Gottheimer and Congressman Bill Pascrell on the ballot for districts they don’t even represent. In Teaneck alone it’s impacted over 7,000 voters. Check and make sure the candidates you are voting for actually are your district’s candidates. New ballots are being printed for those households identified as receiving a wrong ballot. If you are one of those households and have already sent in a ballot please be aware that ballot WILL NOT BE COUNTED. You must vote again when your new ballot comes. Universal mail in ballots…..what could possible go wrong in New Jersey?

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Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi , “Decisions have been made not for health and safety but rather to pick winners and losers among industries”

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River Vale NJ, Assemblywomen Holly Schepisi comments on the COVID pandemic and the governments response :
“I have struggled on how to properly phrase my thoughts on what has been transpiring over the past six months. There is no eloquent way to phrase what I am about to say so here it goes. The political element underscoring this virus is beyond absurd and the manipulation of people by both political parties is frankly disgusting.
In March a virus hit New Jersey and New York that overwhelmed our hospital systems. No one knew how to treat it and it was obvious that even our medical professionals had no idea initially of what to do. We didn’t know if it was going to impact the healthy, the young, the elderly or all of the above. We didn’t know if masks worked or didn’t. We didn’t know if our loved ones would die if they contracted it. We didn’t know how it spread or once it did what the impact on everyone in society would be. We didn’t know the fatality rates, the infection rates or anything else for that matter.”

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Tax deadline 2020: Federal and state tax return filing deadline is Today Wednesday, July 15th

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River Edge  NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi  in a post on Facebook she reminds everyone please do not forget to file your taxes today. And while we are on the subject of taxes, for anyone who doesn’t understand why people leave this State — I just received my own tax returns from my accountant. I owed the Federal government $0. In fact many years I overpay. The State of NJ? I owe them money almost every single time. How or why can I owe the Federal government nothing and owe thousands of additional dollars to NJ? Because New Jersey does not allow you to take many of the deductions that are allowed at the Federal level. For everyone complaining about the SALT Cap at the Federal level these are the items that NJ does not let you deduct:

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Governor Murphy proudly marched in several protests while blatantly ignoring his own social distancing requirements

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“River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi commented on the ticketing of peaceful protesters Last Saturday Jennifer Rogers, a small business owner held a peaceful rally in Randolph, NJ to call attention to the plight of small business owners struggling to survive as a result of Governor Murphy’s Executive Orders keeping businesses shut indefinitely with no guidance. Friday, Jennifer Rogers received two summonses carrying significant fines against her for organizing the peaceful rally just one week ago. The summonses were for violating Governor Murphy’s Executive Orders by organizing the protest.Guess who today violated his own Executive Orders just several towns away? Yup, Governor Murphy, who proudly marched in several protests while blatantly ignoring his own social distancing requirements. While the two types of protests are admittedly very different in content, not only is it hypocritical but It is also unconstitutional to fine one protest over another based upon content.”

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Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi has tested Negative for Coronavirus.

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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi has tested Negative for Coronavirus. The Bergen County lawmaker posted the following on Facebook on Thursday evening:

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Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi Trashes Governor’s Comptroller Appointment

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Westwood NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi released the following statement after Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement to appoint Kevin Walsh, the Executive Director of Fair Share Housing Center, as Comptroller for the State of New Jersey:

“While successful at fighting to litter the state with high density housing, his bullying and name calling against mayors, lawmakers, local officials and even me cause grave concern regarding his ability to be impartial, fair and just in this role.

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Holly Schepisi (R-Bergen) rebukes Gov. Phil Murphy for appointing Derrick Green to his public bank implementation board

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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-Bergen) rebukes Gov. Phil Murphy for appointing Derrick Green to his public bank implementation board and continuing to hire those who have been convicted of bribery, accused of fraud, and a whole host of other improprieties.

“It is beyond disturbing to see that for something as significant and sizeable as a state bank, with all of the talented and qualified people in New Jersey, that quite a few members of this proposed bank have had virtually no experience whatsoever in banking,” said Schepisi. “And out of the ones who have been put on, at least one has been accused of severe, significant financial irregularities and has been under investigation for corruption and fraud.’

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Schepisi Snags Big Endorsements

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River Vale NJ, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi received endorsements of the NJ State PBA representing our men and women of blue, the NJ State Nurses Association representing the lifeblood of our hospitals, our nurses, the  NJ State Building & Construction Trades Council representing our skilled trades people and the Doctor Patient Alliance. 

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Long-term care facilities must now submit outbreak response plans thanks to Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi efforts

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TRENTON NJ, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation to require long-term care facilities to develop contagious disease outbreak response plans. Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi has been the driving force in the Legislature calling for reforms following the adenovirus outbreak at the Wanaque Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation that killed 11 children and sickened 36 last fall. She was the first lawmaker to sponsor legislation after daily discussions with the health commissioner during the outbreak.

“I’ve been in front of this issue since day one and it’s one that hits close to home,” said Schepisi (R-Bergen) who represents Wanaque as a legislator in District 39. “We need to be thorough and meticulous to ensure the right measures are taken to protect our most vulnerable — sick children and the elderly. I believe this bill will help save future lives and I’m relieved it is now law.”

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“Affordable Housing” Legal Battles Rage On

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River Vale NJ, On May 31st, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi participated in NJ Spotlight’s roundtable on Affordable Housing. The roundtable event addressed the history of the affordable housing issue in New Jersey – from the Mount Laurel decisions to the current court process – and the effect the issue has on municipalities across the State.

The state has been riddled with legal battle over affordable housing. Currently , Ridgewood and Franklin lakes are engage in lawsuits over affordable housing.

Two opposing forces in the statewide debate over affordable housing obligations, Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi (R-39) and Fair Share Housing Center attorney Kevin Walsh .

They went head to head along with three other panelists in a livestreamed debate May 31 on how best to fulfill affordable housing obligations.

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Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi sponsors bill to prevent state government shutdown

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Trenton NJ, As the Democrat-controlled Legislature advances their $38.7 billion budget without Gov. Murphy’s controversial millionaire’s tax, the likelihood of a government shutdown over the proposed spending plan increases. Murphy and union leaders held a press conference yesterday to pressure lawmakers to include the tax on those making over $1 million, but their efforts remain unsuccessful.

“The Democrats refuse to back down and the governor has said he is leaving all options on the table in order to get his tax hike. The fighting continues and the budget deadline is getting closer, which means so is a shutdown,” said Assemblywoman Holly Schepisi who sponsors legislation to prevent a government shutdown.

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