Governor Murphy delivered his revised budget address on Tuesday morning (watch here and read here). Legislators and organizations reacted to the proposal (statements will be added on a rolling basis):

• Speaker Coughlin said ‘every option will be reviewed‘.

• Ahead of the speech, Senate Budget Committee Chair Sarlo expressed support for the crisis budget plan (iLine post). Afterwards, Sarlo said he’s confident ‘we can come together’ on a spending plan.

• Assembly Budget Committee Chair Pintor Marin called the proposal a ‘clear starting point‘.

• NJGOP Chairman Steinhardt chided Murphy’s proposal as ‘delusional’.

• The Senate GOP Budget Committee members slammed the proposal as having ‘no fiscal restraint’ and accused Murphy of ‘overselling’ the fiscal impact of COVID-19.

• Senate Minority Leader Kean said the proposal includes ‘uncessesary taxes‘.

• Senator Pennacchio, who skipped the address, slammed the administration, saying the ‘massive budget hole’ doesn’t exist and is ‘something he created to help him next year’ for re-election.

• Senator Bucco said the state ‘can’t afford‘ Murphy’s ‘tax and spend policies’.

• Senator Corrado said the proposal ‘ignores reality‘.

• Senator Bateman said the budget priorities are a ‘disservice‘ to the taxpayers.

• Assembly Majority Leader Greenwald said the Assembly Democrats will ‘painstakingly comb through‘ the plan to indentify spending reductions.

• Assembly Appropriations Chair Burzichelli said the committee will ‘work tirelessly‘ to present a ‘fair, realistic’ budget plan.

• Assemblyman Johnson said there are ‘several positive aspects‘ to the proposal as the Legislature works to produce a ‘just and sensible’ plan.

• Assemblywoman Vainieri Huttle praised the inclusion of the Homestead Benefit and Senior Freeze programs.

• Assemblyman Scharfenberger slammed the $4B in bonded borrowing, calling it ‘another burden on New Jerseyans’.

• Immigrant rights organizations, normally allies of the Governor’s, slammed the lack of aid for immigrants, saying ‘we are essential but excluded’.

• NFIB said the proposed millionaire’s tax will impact small business owners who aren’t millionaires.

• The NJBIA called the spending increases ‘irresponsible‘.

• The NJ Chamber of Commerce said the address was ‘both confusing and disappointing‘ and that the proposal will make the fiscal crisis worse.

• Garden State Initiative’s Regina Egea questioned why the state can’t ‘tighten its belt’ rather than accelerating spending.

• The Chemistry Council said it is ‘discouraged‘ at efforts concentrated solely on publicly funded job creation.

• The CIANJ expressed disappointment with ‘new taxes, extensive borrowing, and limited reductions in state spending’.

• The Sierra Club said the proposal doesn’t address the environment.

• NJ Citizen Action praised the proposal as a ‘compassionate crisis recovery budget‘ but urged the inclusion of relief aid for immigrants.

• NJ Policy Perspective said the proposal ‘thoughtfully protects key programs‘ but ‘falls short’ on immigrant aid.

• The Housing and Community Development Network expressed support for the continued funding of the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.

• AFSCME New Jersey said they strongly support the proposal.

• Working Families NJ applauded the proposal’s ‘focus on essential services and economic fairness’.

• CWA’s Hetty Rosenstein applauded the proposal as ‘responsible, progressive, and pro-working families’.

• The American Heart Association applauded the proposal to increase the cigarette tax.

• The NJ Society of CPAs expressed concern that the proposal ‘looks very much like the unworkable budget’ from six months ago.

• Environmental groups urged funding for the environment be prioritized.

• Americans For Prosperity-NJ said higher taxes and borrowing is ‘not the answer‘.

• The NJ Institute of Social Justice praised the proposal.

• The ACS-CAN applauded the cigarette tax increase proposal.