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Trenton NJ, The fifteen members of the Senate Republican caucus wrote a letter to Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin calling for votes to be scheduled in both houses of the Legislature to override Governor Phil Murphy’s veto of legislation (A-4525) intended to save New Jersey’s struggling restaurant industry.
Continue reading Murphy Veto’s Kicks New Jersey’s Struggling Restaurant Industry
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Trenton NJ, Governor Phil Murphy vetoed a bill on Monday that he says would have allowed New Jersey bars and restaurants more freedom while operating outside amid the coronavirus pandemic. The bill would have permitted owners and operators of restaurants, bars, distilleries and breweries to continue to utilize outdoor spaces or public sidewalks as extensions of their business premises, Murphy said.
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Ridgewood NJ, according to the National Restaurant Association the number of restaurants in America that will close their doors for good could be as many as 10,000 in the next three weeks. The National Restaurant Association is lobbying Congress to pass new stimulus efforts that can stave off restaurant closures as the pandemic continues and perhaps reverse some of the 110,000 closures that have already occurred in 2020.
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…the fly has learned that since the pandemic, the Village of Ridgewood suspended all recycling to all restaurants . The town is no longer picking up any recycling to these establishments.
All recycling is going to the dump. When you drop off recycling at the Recycling center or the recycling is picked up in front of your house, it’s now just a scam and goes to the dump.
Ridgewood is no longer making money on most recycled product, which is mostly cans, bottles etc. Everything going to the landfill as our regular garbage…
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Trenton NJ, Small Restaurants in New Jersey learned this morning from Governor Phil Murphy’s tweet that they will be allowed to open on Friday at 25% capacity for indoor dining. NFIB, which represents thousands of small businesses in the state, many of them restaurants, is pleased there is some movement on this issue but hopes if safe, there will be a quick expansion of the capacity limits. The following comments are from NFIB’s State Director in New Jersey, Eileen Kean:
Continue reading At 25% Capacity Restaurants still Can’t Make a Profit
