June 13, 2018: Downtown New Jersey acts as an advocate for downtown commercial districts in New Jersey, tracking judicial and legislative issues that can affect the success of the state’s downtowns and then informing and educating members on these issues. Since our last Policy Watch, there has been movement on a few bills impacting downtowns…
For municipal clerks getting ready to submit financial disclosures statements to the NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA) by the April 30th deadline, they can remove Special Improvement District (SID) directors and members from the list of officials that need to comply.
March 27, 2018: Downtown New Jersey acts as an advocate for downtown commercial districts in New Jersey, tracking judicial and legislative issues that can affect the success of the state’s downtowns and then informing and educating members on these issues. NJ is in a new Legislative Session with a new Gubernatorial Administration – so a flurry of new and rehashed legislation was posted after the New Year.
Feb. 5, 2018: Downtown New Jersey (“DNJ”), a statewide non-profit membership organization comprised of individuals, businesses, developers, government agencies, and local entities that are passionate about downtowns, has made policy recommendations to Governor Murphy’s administration that the organization hopes will result in a renewed commitment to the state’s downtowns from Trenton.
Dec. 8, 2017: For decades, New Jersey has experienced notable success with redeveloping many of its distressed areas by affording municipalities the ability to offer tax incentives (i.e., PILOTs) to redevelopers. These incentives encourage redevelopers to accept the substantial risks and additional costs that come with most projects.
Downtown New Jersey President Robert Goldsmith Esq. has sent to state Sen. Robert Gordon a letter indicating the organization’s support of Senate bill S3222, which would allow a municipality to issue one license allowing sales of alcoholic beverages in a downtown business improvement zone, pedestrian mall, or special improvement district.
