New Jersey Working Families stands with Governor Murphy’s bold calls for Trenton ethics reform

New Jersey Working Families State Director Sue Altman issued the following statement in response to Governor Murphy’s State of the State Address:

“Governor Murphy took office promising to change the culture in Trenton, and the bold ethics proposals he outlined today will help ensure that state government serves working families – and not powerful special interests. Stronger financial disclosures and tighter pay-to-play requirements will shine the light of transparency on Trenton backrooms dominated by insiders.

“We also call on legislative leaders to listen to the governor and enact the necessary reforms to the state’s broken tax incentives program to ensure that it works to benefit working families and not politically connected businesses. Any new tax incentive program must be capped to protect the state’s fiscal health and must be focused on true community economic development by ensuring benefits flow to the people who need it most through requirements like local hiring, a focus on small businesses and commercial corridors and community benefits.”