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Juneteenth, an annual commemoration of the end of #slavery in the United States, is now an official holiday in New Jersey. #GovernorPhilMurphy signed a bill on Thursday that says the state will celebrate the day every year on the third Friday in June. #Juneteenth is a celebration in remembrance of June 19, 1865, when Black slaves in Galveston, Texas, were told that they were free. The day came nearly six months after Congress passed the 13th amendment, which abolished slavery. "Commemorating this date is just one component of our collective approach to end a generational cycle of pain and injustice that has gone on for far too long," Murphy said in a press statement. "Every Juneteenth, we will celebrate the end of the physical chains which once held #BlackAmericans down. While more work lies ahead to undo the oppression that remains, Juneteenth is [an] important marker that reminds us of our mission to create a society that enables our Black communities to achieve the full equality which they deserve." Murphy tweeted a video of him signing the bill on Thursday, in which he's accompanied by singer #SZA, who was raised in New Jersey. #NewJersey legislators had passed the bill in July. "I am a direct descendent of slavery," SZA said during the signing. "My direct descendants, my great grandmother, my great-great grandmother, that's my family. So I feel like it's not even like a past stain, it's a current reality that we are living through — the post-traumatic slave syndrome and the PTSD and the effects of that currently right now." #unheardvoicesmag https://www.instagram.com/p/CFDpUB5FapD/?igshid=g6ldcn2gxm1y

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"You know what's really uncomfortable and annoying? When you die." - NJ Governor Phil Murphy Choose inconvenience over death. #WearAMask #NewJersey #Covid19 #CoronaVirus #GovernorPhilMurphy https://www.instagram.com/p/CHovBz1gN5L/?igshid=1gjb0k6c392ek

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If Governor MurphyDoes Not Take the Lead in Meeting Affordable Housing Needs, Legislators Must A November 18, 2018 editorial in the Asbury Park Press makes the case that the State of New Jersey should start prioritizing affordable housing.” Writing about New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy’s speech at the State League of Municipalities conference, “Housing for low-income residents hasn’t been much of a priority for Murphy, and he provided little reason to expect that to change anytime soon; he didn’t give the issue any meaningful attention at all.” The state is not meeting the affordable housing needs of the low-income New Jersey families who need housing the most.Instead New Jersey Superior Court judges have the authority to control affordable housing at the municipal level which makes for a very piecemeal and inefficient process. And while Governor Murphy and legislators have not taken the lead on making affordable housing priority, local municipal leaders are also not supportive. Municipal leaders give a variety of reasons why affordable housing won’t “work” or “fit into” their communities “But the dirty little non-so-secret is that many communities simply don’t want to share their neighborhoods with lower-income residents. That bigotry is usually couched in more pragmatic terms – such as the absence of the kind of public transportation that many such residents might require – but the belief that certain people don’t “belong” in more affluent communities is an undeniable undercurrent in the entire process.”Asbury Park Press Editorial The Mount Laurel Doctrine has led to the development of over 60,000 affordable housing units outside New Jersey’s racially and economically-segregated urban centers. Many municipalities do not want to build their “fair share” of affordable housing. “The last formal rules and housing quotas expired nearly two decades ago, and the Supreme Court, weary of legislative apathy, eventually authorized Superior Court judges to jump-start construction. More than 200 municipalities have gained approval for their plans through negotiations with the Fair Share Housing Center, the chief affordable-housing advocates in the state. But that leaves hundreds more still reluctant to take action, perhaps hoping to skate past their obligations for as long as possible.” The editorial makes the conclusion that, “Lawmakers cannot stay on the sidelines any longer. If Murphy doesn’t prioritize affordable housing, others must.” Read the full article