New Jersey
Office of the Governor | Governor Murphy Highlights Direct State Investments into Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY – Governor Phil Murphy at present visited Atlantic Metropolis to focus on latest State funding for the group, together with tens of millions of {dollars} in municipal help within the Fiscal Yr 2023 (FY2023) finances. As a part of the Governor’s ongoing dedication to supporting communities all through New Jersey, Atlantic Metropolis is one among many municipalities that may profit from direct State investments in key areas equivalent to public works tasks.
“Over the previous 4 years, we now have labored to assist restore fiscal duty and encourage Atlantic Metropolis to develop and thrive as a way to make this a metropolis of alternative for native residents,” stated Governor Murphy. “The investments on this yr’s finances and different latest State assist make it clear that we assist and worth Atlantic Metropolis, and can proceed to work alongside metropolis management to assist this group prosper. From facilitating day-to-day operations to creating vital infrastructure enhancements, this funding will go a good distance in benefitting numerous Atlantic Metropolis households.”
“Since taking workplace in 2018, the Murphy Administration has carried out significant work to enhance Atlantic Metropolis and information its optimistic trajectory. Other than the investments highlighted at present, we’ve expanded skilled coaching to construct the capability of municipal workers, offered the Metropolis with state specialists they will flip to for assist in native authorities operations, and allotted important funding for tasks in neighborhood revitalization, flood mitigation, group policing, and youth growth,” stated Lt. Governor Sheila Oliver, who serves as Commissioner of the Division of Group Affairs (DCA). “On the peak of the pandemic, we created the Atlantic Metropolis Restart and Restoration Working Group, which continues to fulfill to assist town grow to be economically and socially stronger. This dedication of time, expertise, and treasure is working and the Governor and I stay up for our continued partnership with metropolis leaders to make sure a vibrant future for Atlantic Metropolis.”
The FY2023 finances contains greater than $43 million in direct municipal help, together with $2.15 million from the one-time Municipal Aid Fund – all of which is able to assist day-to-day operations within the metropolis. Extra funding for Atlantic Metropolis contains $2 million from the Anti-Violence Out-of-College Youth Summer season Program line-item to assist present native kids with protected academic and leisure alternatives, and $20 million in federal funds that the New Jersey Division of Transportation secured for town to allow vital infrastructure updates to Route 40.
The State additionally assisted Atlantic Metropolis in placing collectively a profitable utility to FEMA for a Flood Mitigation Help grant of over $5 million to enhance an area canal that helps alleviate flash flooding within the space to guard residents and their properties.
Additional funding contains over $16.6 million in Fiscal Yr 2022 Transitional Support that was just lately allotted to Atlantic Metropolis to fulfill wants in areas equivalent to:
- Over $3.9 million for public works tasks and sources together with boardwalk repairs and automobiles equivalent to vac vans, a road sweeper, and a trash truck
- $5 million for a citywide digicam set up venture
- $1 million for boardwalk repairs
- $3 million for town’s Vitality Financial savings Enchancment Program to assist make native buildings extra power environment friendly
- $1.3 million for hearth engines
- $350,000 for HVAC upgrades to the police communications constructing
- $1 million for a boardwalk enlargement venture, which is able to assist make the boardwalk extra ADA-compliant
“Line objects typically have affect in methods we can’t respect till we stand aspect by aspect with communities like we now have right here in Atlantic Metropolis at present,” stated Meeting Speaker Craig Coughlin. “I’m pleased with our historic finances this yr, which builds critically on the way forward for New Jersey communities by specializing in affordability and investing in native financial growth to create jobs and maintain households. The over $40 million in direct help for Atlantic Metropolis is only one of a number of examples throughout the state of how we’re delivering reduction to handle the on a regular basis wants of arduous working New Jerseyans.”
“I’m proud to have the ability to be a part of our State and Native leaders as we spotlight a number of the superb group investments being made in Atlantic Metropolis,” stated Senator Vince Polistina. “Atlantic Metropolis has confronted actual challenges, however by working throughout celebration strains, we had been in a position to safe funding that may enable for a lot of wanted tasks to be accomplished. We stay up for persevering with to work with the Governor’s workplace to verify Atlantic Metropolis can get itself again heading in the right direction.”
“We got here into workplace on a promise of placing Atlantic County forward of celebration; and are happy that the State of New Jersey met and matched our promise and continues to point out its curiosity within the betterment of Atlantic Metropolis,” stated Assemblywoman Claire Swift. “The 5 million for a city-wide digicam program and a couple of million for anti-violence Youth Summer season program will assist cut back crime and information our kids in the appropriate course. AC have to be clear and protected, and these funds will assist us just do that.”
“As a former mayor of Atlantic Metropolis, I can’t say sufficient how life-changing these funds can be,” stated Assemblyman Don Guardian. “Round 5.9 million for public works and boardwalk upkeep, important funding for day-to-day operations, and naturally 3 million for enhancements to Atlantic Metropolis’s power infrastructure can be a robust step to placing AC again on the map.”
“It’s really an ideal day right here within the metropolis of Atlantic Metropolis after we get the sources from the state for some a lot want tasks,” stated Atlantic Metropolis Mayor Marty Small. “For so long as I can keep in mind, administrations and elected officers wished to have a citywide surveillance digicam program within the metropolis of Atlantic Metropolis to have all the metropolis underneath surveillance. I’m completely happy to say this historic and important funding announcement is occurring underneath the Small Administration. Along with the enhancement with cameras, we applaud the state for his or her help in important investments in our public works division, hearth division, and an Vitality Financial savings Enchancment Program. It’s a GREAT Day Right here in The Metropolis of Atlantic Metropolis.”
“This funding is additional proof of the Murphy administration’s deep dedication to our partnership as we proceed to make the most of these essential sources to enhance upon the standard of life and commerce supplied by our nice metropolis,” stated Atlantic County Commissioner Ernest Coursey. “Because the Atlantic County Commissioner for the first District, I applaud these investments and stay up for persevering with to carry to time period our shared imaginative and prescient for the Nice Metropolis of Atlantic Metropolis.”
The owners of a New Jersey restaurant held a community celebration and are set to officially reopen their business more than a month after they were detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
On Sunday, March 30, 2025, Emine and Celal Emanet held a celebration in Haddon Township, New Jersey, and served food to show their gratitude for their community’s support and to also mark the end of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month.
“We are a small business,” Emine Emanet said. “You know everywhere is small. But we have a big heart for all of everybody.”
The couple’s restaurant, Jersey Kebab, officially reopens on Tuesday, April 1, 2025.
“I’ve been missing them,” Steve Barton, a Haddon Township resident, told NBC10. “They’ve been sorely missed throughout this entire ordeal.”
The restaurant – located on 150 Haddon Avenue – has been closed since Feb. 25, 2025, when ICE officers raided the business and arrested Emine and Celal Emanet. An ICE spokesperson said the two Turkish citizens were in the United States illegally. While Celal Emanet was released from custody with an ankle monitor, Emine Emanet remained in custody at an ICE detention center in Elizabeth, New Jersey, for two weeks.
Immigration attorney Joseph Best told NBC10 the couple moved to the United States from Turkey in 2008 on a religious visa. According to Camden County officials, Celal Emanet applied for a green card before the visa expired. Emanet said his application was denied three times and the couple has been in limbo since 2016.
During Emine Emanet’s detainment, the couple received support from both New Jersey leaders as well as community members. During a press conference in late February after their arrest, Haddon Township Mayor Randall Teague described the couple’s restaurant as a “pillar” in the community.
“We consider this situation maybe somewhat different than some of the other ones that we hear on TV where there’s criminals and rapists and so forth coming into our country,” Mayor Teague said. “They came in here legally and they’re trying to stay here legally.”
Teague also said the family has participated in Toys for Tots drives and organized food drives that have “left a lasting impact” on the area.
The couple’s arrest occurred amid a nationwide push from President Donald Trump’s administration to detain immigrants who entered the United States without the proper documents.
“This family is a family that embodies the very best of Camden County. And now they’re torn apart by this broken immigration system,” Camden County Commissioner Director Louis Cappelli Jr. said in February. “It is time to stand up for good people. It is time to stand up for humanity. These folks do not deserve this. These folks do not deserve this. Fix the immigration system and let’s fix it now.”
Haddon Township residents also donated more than $327,000 to a GoFundMe in support of the family.
On Tuesday, March 11, a judge set a $7500 bond for Emine Emanet’s release. She was released and reunited with her family the next day after the nonprofit Envision Freedom Fund successfully posted the bond.
Emine Emanet and her son Muhammed Emanet during Sunday’s community celebration
While the family is back in business, their legal battle continues.
“We have to prove ourselves,” Celal Emanet said on Sunday. “We are here. We have business. We’re regular people. We don’t have a criminal record. We pay our taxes so I hope they are going to accept it.”
Community members who attended Sunday’s celebration said they will continue to support them.
“They never let us down,” Barton said. “We are not going to let them down.”
The couple’s next court date is scheduled for the end of May 2025.
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Retiring in the Garden State does have it perks.
According to the yearly report from Seniorly, Best of Senior Living Awards for 2025, New Jersey has the second best senior living facilities across the country and 19 award-winning facilities. The Garden State also has the top two best retirement communities in the Northeast.
The online marketplace for senior living communities analyzed data from 500,000 online reviews, across 60,000 facilities across six categories: cleanliness, dining services, staff ratings, value, care services and overall resident satisfaction. Only 336 facilities were chosen, according to the report.
To qualify for the award, communities must be in the top 5% of their consumer sentiment ratings, be free of serious licensing violations for the last 36 months and have no evidence of negative media coverage for the last 24 months.
New Jersey was recognized on three lists. Here are the findings:
Best Senior Living Facility
New Jersey’s Arbor Terrace Mount Laurel in Burlington Country lands in the No. 2 spot on the list. The facility offers Memory Care and cost for this community starts at $5,500.
“Arbor Terrace Mount Laurel offers a harmonious blend of expert care and vibrant community life, designed to enhance the well-being of its residents. With a focus on personalized care, the community provides an environment where residents can thrive, supported by a team that understands the importance of deep connections,” the website reads.
Best Senior Living Facility: Northeast Region
According to the report, New Jersey also has two of the best senior living facilities in the Northeast Region.
- Arbor Terrace Mount Laurel in Mount Laurel
- Brandywine Living Monarch at Livingston
Top states with award-winning facilities
These communities are vital to our senior living infrastructure and often provide high-quality care at exceptional value, said Seniorly.
- California
- Texas
- Florida
- Arizona
- Washington
- New Jersey
- Georgia
- New York
- Illinois
- Michigan
New Jersey
N.J. health officials issue stop work notices after loss of federal funds – New Jersey Globe
Public health programs funded by the federal government were ordered to shut down on Monday after the Trump Administration pulled back their subsidies.
The New Jersey Department of Health issued a stop work notice late yesterday.
On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a stop work order cancelling about $11 billion in grant agreements across the U.S. All 21 counties receive funding under these grants, which go to county, municipal and regional health departments across New Jersey.
“The disruptive impacts created by the Trump Administration ripping away $350 million in congressionally-approved federal funding for the New Jersey Department of Health and the New Jersey Department of Human Services endanger critical public health programs in communities across New Jersey,” said Tyler Jones, a spokesman for Gov. Phil Murphy. “Our office shares our partners’ frustration over the unnecessary confusion and uncertainty for frontline public health work resulting from the Trump Administration’s actions.
No guidance has been sent to recipients, but it could mean a permanent end of some heath services and layoffs.
Linda Brown, the executive director of the New Jersey Association of County and City Health Officials, said on Friday she was confident that their Enhancing Local Public Health Infrastructure and Sustaining Local Public Health Infrastructure grants would be affected and that costs incurred after March 28 would not be reimbursed.
“Being very frank, we know far less than we do. I want to identify that the impacts of this stop work order will have profound impacts on NJACCHO programming, operation and staff,” Brown said. “We have gotten inconsistent communication shared with the organization from some local health agencies from different NJDOH sources. There is still much we need to determine.”
Jones said the Murphy Administration is “committed to fighting these illegal clawbacks and is working tirelessly to get more information to share with each impacted organization and resident.”
“Our priority remains protecting public health,” Jones stated.
The chair of the Assembly Health Committee, Carol Murphy, said she was “exploring all options to fight back and protect our residents.”
“The reckless and irresponsible stop work order issued by the federal government immediately removes $350 million in federally approved funding for the State of New Jersey, jeopardizing the public health of our residents,” she said. “The dire consequences will be immediate, as mass layoffs devastate healthcare services and outcomes. The disruptive actions of the Trump Administration are harmful.”
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