The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) is the region’s largest and most influential business organization representing businesses in the seven most southern counties of New Jersey, as well as greater Philadelphia and northern Delaware. The CCSNJ has nearly 1,200 member companies, approximately 85 percent of which are small businesses that employ less than 50 people, as well as approximately 130 nonprofit members. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the FY2024 state budget.

The CCSNJ remains concerned about the growth in total spend as presented in the $50.6 billion proposal, the largest budget in state history.

This bill will assist in paying off a $1 billion federal loan that state took out once New Jersey’s unemployment benefits ran out, as well as provide a corporation business tax (CBT) and gross income tax credit to small businesses to help offset UI tax increases.

the CCSNJ is extremely concerned about the massive increase in spending over recent fiscal years, as well as the dependance on one-time revenues to pay for spending initiatives. The business community continues to struggle from the effects of the pandemic and additional assistance is needed to ensure a healthy economic recovery.

The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) would like to express our support for S-4065 (Addiego/Singleton), which revises the gross income tax credit for child and dependent care expenses.

The Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) would like to respectfully request your support for S-3488 (Sweeney/Gopal/O'Scanlon), which modifies certain procedures pertaining to school district regionalization, establishes a grant program for cost reimbursement of conducting regionalization feasibility studies, and provides financial incentives for regionalization.

Budget forecasting in the state has never been an easy task, however the pandemic has shown just how important it is to ensure that forecast as accurate as possible.

The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey is the region’s largest and most influential business organization representing businesses in the seven most southern counties of New Jersey, as well as Greater Philadelphia and northern Delaware. The CCSNJ has more than 1,100 member companies, approximately 85 percent of which are small businesses that employ less than 50 people. Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the FY2022 State Budget.

The Chamber of Commerce of Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) would like to respectfully request your support for S-3488 (Sweeney/Gopal/O'Scanlon), which modifies certain procedures pertaining to school district regionalization, establishes a grant program for cost reimbursement of conducting regionalization feasibility studies, and provides financial incentives for regionalization.

The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) would like to voice our strong support for the package of legislation, which would provide relief to struggling small and micro businesses, restaurants, childcare centers, and arts & culture organization as they navigate their economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CCSNJ would like to voice our support for the Governor’s decision to not include any new taxes, tax increases or fees in the FY2022 budget.

The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) would like to voice our support for S-441/A- 4810 (Oroho/Sarlo/Pinkin/Vainieri Huttle/Murphy), which would establish the Government Efficiency and Regulatory Review Commission.

The CCSNJ was proud to be the leading business organization in the state to engage on this critical issue with the outstanding support of Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Majority Leader Lou Greenwald in 2016.

The Chamber of Commerce Southern New Jersey (CCSNJ) would like to voice our support for S-3011 (Madden).

The CCSNJ is not naïve to the fact that some borrowing would be necessary to address the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Jersey; however, it should be done so sparingly and with due consideration to the long-term impacts

Thank you for the opportunity to present our position on S-2021 (Sarlo / Cunningham).

Thank you for the opportunity to present our position on Governor Murphy’s proposed revised Fiscal Year 2021 state budget.

The CCSNJ acknowledges that the financial implications of the COVID-19 pandemic on the state’s budget has been significant and will continue to grow. Difficult decisions had to be made to get us to this point and there is still much more work to be done.

On February 28, Governor Phil Murphy delivered the FY2021 budget address to a joint session of the Legislature.

In August 2018, the New Jersey Economic & Fiscal Policy Workgroup issued a report, "Path to Progress." The workgroup was convened by Senate President Sweeney in January of 2018 to address the State's continued fiscal crisis.

On June 30, 2019, Governor Murphy signed the FY2020 State Budget. The $38.7 billion budget was largely similar to the budget the Legislature passed and sent to the Governor days before, which removed all initially proposed tax increases including the “mil

On June 30, 2018, the FY2019 State Budget was finalized hours before the constitutional deadline. The final $37.4 billion budget represented a compromise struck by Governor Murphy and legislative leaders