This report, published at our Annual Meeting on May 11, 2024, provides a review of our activities and impacts, as well as our finances, during the 2024 fiscal year (July 2023-June 2024).
Kaulette Johnson, born and raised in Trenton, NJ, had built her life in Mercer County alongside her husband, Rick Johnson, raising their blended family of three adult children, one angel, spouses, and two grandchildren. Two years ago, they relocated to Buena, NJ, where Kaulette discovered UU, an unexpected source of peace, love, and fulfillment.
Kaulette is a graduate of the College of Life, with over two decades dedicated to advocating for improved health practices in children’s hospitals nationwide. As the Director of Operations at Bassetti Photo Inc., she brings her commitment to excellence to her work in volume school and youth sports photography. Passionate about universal access to civil rights, Kaulette believes in equality and equity regardless of belief, identity, or appearance.
NJ Transportation Legislative Organizational Letter, Spring 2024
May 6, 2024
Dear Senate President Scutari, Assembly Speaker Coughlin, and Members of the NJ Legislature:
The undersigned 34 labor, social justice, transportation, environmental and community organizations write to urge you to: 1) halt the 15% NJ Transit (NJT) fare hike; 2) repurpose funds designated for the unneeded and unwanted expansion of the NJ Turnpike to replace the revenue that would be generated by the fare increase; 3) support and expand Gov. Murphy’s FY25 budget proposal for a corporate transit fee (CTF) to provide $800 million in dedicated funding for mass transit to avoid NJT’s upcoming fiscal cliff, which should include a full restoration of the Corporate Business Tax surcharge; and 4) end the raids on NJT’s capital budget and dedicate the Clean Energy Fund transfer to bus electrification to ensure that NJT can make desperately needed operational and infrastructure improvements.
By Michael Skelly, Environmental Justice Task Force member
Following hours of impassioned testimony on Monday, March 11, New Jersey Senate Environment and Energy Chairman Bob Smith suddenly called a Thursday meeting of the Environment and Energy Committee. Advocates and the media were taken by surprise by the swift action.
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Three bills had made it onto the agenda as the result of a lengthy and arduous process of public meetings, study, and modifications that had stretched through the last two years and into 2024. At stake was whether the bills would be approved and released for further consideration to possibly become law or be defeated in committee.
Community leaders point to budget cuts and drastic fare hikes as proof that New Jersey needs to tax corporations more, not less.
March 19, 2024
NEWARK – Outside the State Senate’s public budget hearing at the NJIT campus in Newark, union workers, students, activists, and community leaders from the For The Many NJ coalition rallied in support of bringing back the full Corporation Business Tax surcharge on corporations with over $1 million in profits.
Workers and Advocates from For The Many NJ Urge Lawmakers Not to Leave Needed Revenue on the Table
Trenton, NJ: In response to Governor Murphy proposing a partial restoration of the corporate surcharge to fund NJ Transit in next year’s budget, For The Many NJ released the following statement from Eric Benson, Campaign Director:
“This is a big win for the countless advocates, workers, and transit riders from across the state who have spent the last year calling on corporations to pay their fair share in taxes.