- 2019-01-04
- ROI-NJ
Tom Bracken has had enough.
The well-respected head of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce — an organization that speaks for the state’s business community — said it’s time for Gov. Phil Murphy to start doing more for Bracken’s constituents.
To him, that means no more taxes.
- 2018-12-21
- ROI-NJ Op-Ed
Gov. Phil Murphy campaigned on creating a “stronger and fairer” economy.
Since taking office, the governor and the Legislature have shown an energetic commitment in expediting initiatives for the fairer economy such as mandated paid sick leave, equal pay laws and the upcoming minimum wage increase. The components of the desired fairer economy are in place.
- 2018-12-06
- The Wall Street Journal
Most workers would get to $15 by 2024; farmworkers and others will reach $15 by 2029
The top Democrat in the New Jersey General Assembly wants to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2024, with some exceptions, according to legislation introduced Thursday.
- 2018-11-16
- ROI-NJ
As he and his staff looked out the windows of the newly renovated and recently opened Chit Chat Diner in West Orange early Thursday afternoon, shift manager Leo Novakidis couldn’t help but notice a few school buses that were stuck in traffic along with just about everyone else in North Jersey.
- 2018-11-15
- NJBIZ
The New Jersey League of Municipalities on Thursday awarded Tom Bracken, president and CEO of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, its Distinguished Public Service Award.
We wish Amazon success with its new headquarters in Crystal City, Virginia, and Long Island City in Queens, New York.
Amazon still has major locations in New Jersey and it is both a great employer and good corporate citizen.
We express our appreciation to all of our elected officials who did their utmost to bring Amazon’s new headquarters to Newark.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce now strongly urges our state government leaders to take the tax incentives offered to Amazon and make them available to the legion of small and medium sized companies already situated in New Jersey and loyally doing business here.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce on Oct. 9, 2018 elected six new members to its Board of Directors, and they represent a wide range of industries.
- 2018-10-26
- ROI-NJ
New Jersey is the most densely populated business state in the country, so ensuring that a startup economy is thriving and entrepreneurs feel supported needs to be balanced with supporting the companies that have stayed.
Those were comments made by Tom Bracken, president of the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce, and Brian Sabina, the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s senior vice president of economic transformation.
The New Jersey Chamber of Commerce supports the Securing Our Children’s Future ballot question this November, and urges New Jersey citizens to vote “Yes” on Public Question #1 on Election Day, Nov. 6.
Solar energy. Wind power. Paving the way for more electric cars, buses and charging stations.
The newly installed president of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, Joseph L. Fiordaliso, mentioned them all during a breakfast roundtable Oct. 19 presented by the New Jersey Chamber of Commerce and NJBIA.