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Director Tel (609) 588-2000 June 1, 2005 TO: COUNTY WELFARE AGENCY DIRECTORS COUNTY WFNJ DIRECTORS COUNTY INCOME MAINTENANCE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS COUNTY CASE MANAGEMENT SUPERVISORS COUNTY FOOD STAMP SUPERVISORS COUNTY SOCIAL SERVICE ADMINISTRATIVE SUPERVISORS...

After two years, the efforts of the Community Health Law Project and other organizations have finally paid off. On December 13, 2004, the state Assembly passed A-779, and on February 14, 2005, the Senate passed its version of the same bill, S-880, which reforms the way liens are placed on...

On December 20, 2004, new rules adopted by the Council on Affordable Housing, the agency responsible for administering New Jersey's Fair Housing Act, went into effect. Notable among the new substantive rules is N.J.A.C. 5:94-4.21(a), which requires that ten percent of all affordable town...

May 7, 2008 David Fish, Regulatory Officer Office of Legal and Regulatory Services Department of Labor and Workforce Development P.O. Box 110, 13th Floor Trenton, N.J. 08625-0110 By ordinary mail and fax to: (609) 292-8246 Re: Comments on Proposed S-RAP Rules and Amend...

On December 1, 2005, the New Jersey Supreme Court affirmed a 2004 appellate court decision that had in turn reversed two Middlesex County trial court decisions. The trial courts had dismissed claims on statute of limitations grounds. David Popiel, senior managing attorney of the Community...

On February 17, 2004, the New Jersey Appellate Division decidedBurns v. Edwards, Jr. (A-2683-02T5), reversing a lower court order establishing a child support obligation on the part of the defendant, whose sole source of income is Supplemental Security Income (SSI). The court accepted the...

New Jersey's wheelchair lemon law, which has been in effect since 1996, is an underutilized tool for those with motorized wheelchairs or scooters that are not functioning properly. If you own or lease a motorized wheelchair or scooter and notify the manufacturer or lessor of the problem w...