TRENTON, N.J. – Community Supported Agriculture programs, described as a way for locals to get to know their farmer and their food, will be promoted through a bill sponsored by Assemblyman Alex Sauickie and passed by the Assembly on Monday. The assemblyman wants to ensure more communities know about...
TRENTON, N.J. – In honor of the 128th anniversary of the founding of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America organization, Assemblyman Alex Sauickie introduced a resolution designating March 15 as Jewish War Veterans Day in New Jersey. “Jewish American soldiers have battled much more than...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Alex Sauickie and Rob Clifton are demanding answers and school-funding reform after the Education Department released state aid numbers Thursday that showed Jackson and Old Bridge school districts losing nearly $7 million next year. “I need one of you to explain to me how this...
TRENTON, N.J. – The N.J. Department of Education is slated to release more than $3.5 million in stabilization aid to five school districts in Ocean, Monmouth and Middlesex counties, Assemblymen Rob Clifton and Alex Sauickie announced Wednesday. “While this stabilization aid is a huge win for us and a...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblymen Rob Clifton and Alex Sauickie voted against the bill changing the affordable housing system and increasing towns’ construction obligations for the next decade when it came to the Assembly floor for a vote on Monday. “Mandating municipalities build high-density housing projects, but refusing to address...
TRENTON, N.J. – Trenton should foot the bill for the problems Trenton causes, Assemblyman Alex Sauickie says. Specifically, the state should shoulder the costs foisted on local school districts by the commissioner of education to pay for state monitor salaries and associated costs. On Monday, Sauickie, joined by three...
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Alex Sauickie mourns the tragic loss of three U.S. Army Reservists killed in the drone attack in Jordan, who include Sgt. William Jerome Rivers, a New Jersey native. “Sergeant William Jerome Rivers served this nation and state with great distinction, and his loss is a...
TRENTON, N.J. – Three bills supporting state funding for open space, clean water and other environmental projects were signed into law on Tuesday, further highlighting the successful conclusion of Assemblyman Alex Sauickie’s first term in office. Other recently signed Sauickie bills include a “national game-changer” for farmland preservation and...
TRENTON, N.J. – Farmers who lease their land can qualify for a state grant to install fencing to protect their crops from wildlife thanks to a measure sponsored by Assemblymen Alex Sauickie and Kevin J. Rooney and signed into law Monday. The legislation (A5486/S3916) permits farmers who lease land...
TRENTON, N.J. – Hailed by agricultural leaders as the “single most important positive piece of legislation,” Assemblymen Alex Sauickie and Rob Clifton’s bill promising fairer farmland assessments conducted for preservation was signed into law Monday. “This legislation is easily a home run and helps level the playing field for...