For the Many NJ
@forthemanynj.bsky.social
For the Many is a statewide coalition working to promote a fairer tax code and renewed investments in public services.
https://bit.ly/ProtectNJFamilies
https://bit.ly/ProtectNJFamilies
All the political players are in Atlantic City this week, and so is our message! New Jersey is facing a fiscal crisis and we can’t afford to wait. Raising progressive revenue from billionaires is fair, sustainable, and popular!
November 18, 2025 at 7:25 PM
All the political players are in Atlantic City this week, and so is our message! New Jersey is facing a fiscal crisis and we can’t afford to wait. Raising progressive revenue from billionaires is fair, sustainable, and popular!
Tell legislators: It is urgent that New Jersey enacts new progressive revenue and prioritize passage of this package of bills in lame duck. They are urgently needed to help protect the people of New Jersey and we can't afford delay.
Introducing the People’s Agenda, a collective advocacy effort of 33 New Jersey organizations to push state lawmakers to pass critical social justice legislation during this year’s lame duck session.
Learn more and take action: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/pass-peoples-lame-duck-agenda
Learn more and take action: https://action.aclu.org/send-message/pass-peoples-lame-duck-agenda
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Tell legislators: It is urgent that New Jersey enacts new progressive revenue and prioritize passage of this package of bills in lame duck. They are urgently needed to help protect the people of New Jersey and we can't afford delay.
From the NJEA Convention: educators know what’s at stake. A fair tax system that asks billionaires to contribute more means stronger schools, thriving communities, and a better future for all.
November 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
From the NJEA Convention: educators know what’s at stake. A fair tax system that asks billionaires to contribute more means stronger schools, thriving communities, and a better future for all.
Here’s the headline: “Families who rely on food to survive are being held hostage because Congress gave tax cuts to billionaires.”
More than 800,000 New Jerseyans depend on SNAP, including 340,000 children. They shouldn't suffer for Washington's dysfunction.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/28/r...
More than 800,000 New Jerseyans depend on SNAP, including 340,000 children. They shouldn't suffer for Washington's dysfunction.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/28/r...
NJ joins lawsuit against Trump over withholding food aid funding • New Jersey Monitor
A coalition of Democratic state officials sued the Trump administration Tuesday, asking a federal judge to force the release of food assistance funds for 42 million people that the U.S. Department of ...
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October 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Here’s the headline: “Families who rely on food to survive are being held hostage because Congress gave tax cuts to billionaires.”
More than 800,000 New Jerseyans depend on SNAP, including 340,000 children. They shouldn't suffer for Washington's dysfunction.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/28/r...
More than 800,000 New Jerseyans depend on SNAP, including 340,000 children. They shouldn't suffer for Washington's dysfunction.
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/10/28/r...
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It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
October 27, 2025 at 5:01 PM
It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]
@njspotlightnews.org covers the fiscal challenges awaiting New Jersey’s next administration.
New Jersey families can’t afford more delays in making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share.
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/10/njs-...
New Jersey families can’t afford more delays in making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share.
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/10/njs-...
NJ’s next governor faces budget bombs and pressure to raise taxes | NJ Spotlight News
Whoever wins, fiscal problems are brewing and some want action now
www.njspotlightnews.org
October 27, 2025 at 2:53 PM
@njspotlightnews.org covers the fiscal challenges awaiting New Jersey’s next administration.
New Jersey families can’t afford more delays in making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share.
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/10/njs-...
New Jersey families can’t afford more delays in making the wealthy and big corporations pay their fair share.
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/10/njs-...
Dear New Jersey Lawmakers,
Tax the rich.
Sincerely,
The For the Many Coalition
Tax the rich.
Sincerely,
The For the Many Coalition
October 21, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Dear New Jersey Lawmakers,
Tax the rich.
Sincerely,
The For the Many Coalition
Tax the rich.
Sincerely,
The For the Many Coalition
The cost of living keeps rising for working families while the wealthiest are doing better than ever. We can begin to address affordability in New Jersey by raising taxes on super millionaires and big corporations who just got a huge tax cut from Congress.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
Can anyone make it cheaper to live in N.J.? Sherrill and Ciattarelli make their case.
The candidates for governor battle over property taxes, school funding and energy costs as polls show affordability is a top voter concern ahead of November election.
www.nj.com
October 8, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The cost of living keeps rising for working families while the wealthiest are doing better than ever. We can begin to address affordability in New Jersey by raising taxes on super millionaires and big corporations who just got a huge tax cut from Congress.
www.nj.com/politics/202...
www.nj.com/politics/202...
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Theresa Luoni of Basking Ridge relies on Medicaid for her two autistic sons and saves money by only wearing contacts when she drives.
Government has shut down because Republicans want to gut health services for millions like Theresa so that billionaires, and corporations can enjoy tax breaks
Government has shut down because Republicans want to gut health services for millions like Theresa so that billionaires, and corporations can enjoy tax breaks
Why is the government shut down? Partly a fight over healthcare | NJ Spotlight News
Democrats look to get Medicaid increases in talks with Trump, GOP
www.njspotlightnews.org
October 6, 2025 at 11:05 PM
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The federal shutdown isn’t abstract — 22,000 NJ workers are caught in it. The fight’s over healthcare, but the real backdrop is years of tax breaks for the wealthy while public services are starved.
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Federal shutdown starts, NJ prepares for impact - NJBIZ
The federal government shutdown leaves 22,000 NJ workers furloughed, stalls projects, and heightens tensions over health care and funding.
njbiz.com
October 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
The federal shutdown isn’t abstract — 22,000 NJ workers are caught in it. The fight’s over healthcare, but the real backdrop is years of tax breaks for the wealthy while public services are starved.
njbiz.com/nj-federal-s...
njbiz.com/nj-federal-s...
💰 The top 10% get perks worth 2.3% of their income.
💔 The poorest 10% would lose benefits worth 3.9% of their income.
⌛ Funny how the benefits for the wealthiest last forever, but fringe ones for everyone else come with an expiration date.
www.nj.com/news/2025/09...
💔 The poorest 10% would lose benefits worth 3.9% of their income.
⌛ Funny how the benefits for the wealthiest last forever, but fringe ones for everyone else come with an expiration date.
www.nj.com/news/2025/09...
It’s a great time to be rich in N.J. Here’s why.
Here's what the One Big Beautiful Bill means for your wallet.
www.nj.com
September 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
💰 The top 10% get perks worth 2.3% of their income.
💔 The poorest 10% would lose benefits worth 3.9% of their income.
⌛ Funny how the benefits for the wealthiest last forever, but fringe ones for everyone else come with an expiration date.
www.nj.com/news/2025/09...
💔 The poorest 10% would lose benefits worth 3.9% of their income.
⌛ Funny how the benefits for the wealthiest last forever, but fringe ones for everyone else come with an expiration date.
www.nj.com/news/2025/09...
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Taxing the rich is good policy in more fairly asking those who have accumulated the most wealth from our society to pay more.
BUT an underappreciated additional benefit of taxing the rich is reducing the risk of an unaccountable wealthy class that evades basic societal rules.
BUT an underappreciated additional benefit of taxing the rich is reducing the risk of an unaccountable wealthy class that evades basic societal rules.
September 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Taxing the rich is good policy in more fairly asking those who have accumulated the most wealth from our society to pay more.
BUT an underappreciated additional benefit of taxing the rich is reducing the risk of an unaccountable wealthy class that evades basic societal rules.
BUT an underappreciated additional benefit of taxing the rich is reducing the risk of an unaccountable wealthy class that evades basic societal rules.
Kids are heading back to school this week. Here’s a math problem for them:
One millionaire gets an $80,000 tax cut.
Q: How many people lose their health insurance?
A: 4.
www.cbpp.org/blog/republi...
One millionaire gets an $80,000 tax cut.
Q: How many people lose their health insurance?
A: 4.
www.cbpp.org/blog/republi...
Republican Megabill’s Tax Cuts for Millionaires Are Financed by Taking Health Insurance From 4.7 Million People | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The tax cuts for millionaires in the law — averaging $80,000 per household — will cost the same as the health care cuts that will take health insurance away from 4.7 million people by 2034.
www.cbpp.org
September 4, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Kids are heading back to school this week. Here’s a math problem for them:
One millionaire gets an $80,000 tax cut.
Q: How many people lose their health insurance?
A: 4.
www.cbpp.org/blog/republi...
One millionaire gets an $80,000 tax cut.
Q: How many people lose their health insurance?
A: 4.
www.cbpp.org/blog/republi...
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🎉 VICTORY!
In a unanimous vote, Passaic stabilizes rents at 3% and becomes the 5th city in NJ to eliminate vacancy decontrol! This new housing ordinance will impact more than 10,000 tenants, nearly half of the city’s renter population.
#PassaicTenants #RentersRising
In a unanimous vote, Passaic stabilizes rents at 3% and becomes the 5th city in NJ to eliminate vacancy decontrol! This new housing ordinance will impact more than 10,000 tenants, nearly half of the city’s renter population.
#PassaicTenants #RentersRising
September 3, 2025 at 1:42 AM
🎉 VICTORY!
In a unanimous vote, Passaic stabilizes rents at 3% and becomes the 5th city in NJ to eliminate vacancy decontrol! This new housing ordinance will impact more than 10,000 tenants, nearly half of the city’s renter population.
#PassaicTenants #RentersRising
In a unanimous vote, Passaic stabilizes rents at 3% and becomes the 5th city in NJ to eliminate vacancy decontrol! This new housing ordinance will impact more than 10,000 tenants, nearly half of the city’s renter population.
#PassaicTenants #RentersRising
Are rising food costs hitting your household budget? We're hearing that people across NJ are struggling to make ends meet, and new federal cuts will make life harder. Food banks and farmers may be doing all they can, but they can’t replace a strong safety net.
www.nj.com/food/2025/08...
www.nj.com/food/2025/08...
N.J.’s hunger crisis intensifies amid cuts from ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ How pantries, farmers are surviving.
Food banks that once served dozens now help hundreds daily as inflation and benefit cuts push more families to the brink
www.nj.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Are rising food costs hitting your household budget? We're hearing that people across NJ are struggling to make ends meet, and new federal cuts will make life harder. Food banks and farmers may be doing all they can, but they can’t replace a strong safety net.
www.nj.com/food/2025/08...
www.nj.com/food/2025/08...
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The truth is simple: affordable housing benefits everyone.
Yet too often, policymakers sabotage NJ's economic resilience by under-funding affordable housing & blocking developments — deciding who belongs, and who doesn’t.
Read Rev. Eric Dobson's op-ed: www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/story/opinio...
Yet too often, policymakers sabotage NJ's economic resilience by under-funding affordable housing & blocking developments — deciding who belongs, and who doesn’t.
Read Rev. Eric Dobson's op-ed: www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/story/opinio...
How the truth about affordable housing in NJ was killed by identity politics | Opinion
Affordable housing isn’t a radical political idea in New Jersey. But telling the truth about it? That just might be.
www.burlingtoncountytimes.com
August 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
The truth is simple: affordable housing benefits everyone.
Yet too often, policymakers sabotage NJ's economic resilience by under-funding affordable housing & blocking developments — deciding who belongs, and who doesn’t.
Read Rev. Eric Dobson's op-ed: www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/story/opinio...
Yet too often, policymakers sabotage NJ's economic resilience by under-funding affordable housing & blocking developments — deciding who belongs, and who doesn’t.
Read Rev. Eric Dobson's op-ed: www.burlingtoncountytimes.com/story/opinio...
Theresa is a single mom of two kids with severe autism. Medicaid is how they survive.
Her own Representative, Thomas Kean Jr., voted to cut it by $1 TRILLION.
This is not fiscal responsibility. It’s cruelty, plain and simple.
gothamist.com/news/trump-i...
Her own Representative, Thomas Kean Jr., voted to cut it by $1 TRILLION.
This is not fiscal responsibility. It’s cruelty, plain and simple.
gothamist.com/news/trump-i...
Trump is cutting $1 trillion from Medicaid. Here’s what that means for NJ.
State Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman says there’s “no scenario” in which New Jersey can make up the difference. Many residents expect to lose coverage.
gothamist.com
July 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Theresa is a single mom of two kids with severe autism. Medicaid is how they survive.
Her own Representative, Thomas Kean Jr., voted to cut it by $1 TRILLION.
This is not fiscal responsibility. It’s cruelty, plain and simple.
gothamist.com/news/trump-i...
Her own Representative, Thomas Kean Jr., voted to cut it by $1 TRILLION.
This is not fiscal responsibility. It’s cruelty, plain and simple.
gothamist.com/news/trump-i...
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Housing advocates push for more money for NJ affordable housing fund newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/housi...
Housing advocates push for more money for NJ affordable housing fund • New Jersey Monitor
Housing advocates are criticizing state officials for diverting money from a fund intended to produce affordable housing.
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July 15, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Housing advocates push for more money for NJ affordable housing fund newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/housi...
We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations. On July 17th, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn and carry John Lewis’ legacy forward.
Find an event near you!
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Find an event near you!
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July 15, 2025 at 6:12 PM
We are facing the most brazen rollback of civil rights in generations. On July 17th, five years since the passing of Congressman John Lewis, communities are mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn and carry John Lewis’ legacy forward.
Find an event near you!
www.mobilize.us?country=US&d...
Find an event near you!
www.mobilize.us?country=US&d...
There is a time delay before the worst impacts hit New Jerseyans, but we're not going to forget what happened. Framed as a crackdown on “waste, fraud, and abuse,” the new law instead cuts key benefits, increases red tape, and raises costs for many families.
newjerseyglobe.com/congress/now...
newjerseyglobe.com/congress/now...
Now that the Big Beautiful Bill is law, here’s what it might mean for New Jersey - New Jersey Globe
Last week, when President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) into law, he said it would help to bring about the “Golden Age of
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July 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
There is a time delay before the worst impacts hit New Jerseyans, but we're not going to forget what happened. Framed as a crackdown on “waste, fraud, and abuse,” the new law instead cuts key benefits, increases red tape, and raises costs for many families.
newjerseyglobe.com/congress/now...
newjerseyglobe.com/congress/now...
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From @northjerseynews.bsky.social | Op-Ed: NJ’s officials must use mansion tax to restore affordable housing funds now by HCDNNJ President & CEO Staci Berger and Gateway CAP Executive Director Edward Bethea
www.northjersey.com/story/opinio...
www.northjersey.com/story/opinio...
NJ’s officials must use mansion tax to restore affordable housing funds now | Opinion
New Jersey's Affordable Housing Trust Fund must be restored, and expanded, with a dedicated portion of mansion tax revenue.
www.northjersey.com
July 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
From @northjerseynews.bsky.social | Op-Ed: NJ’s officials must use mansion tax to restore affordable housing funds now by HCDNNJ President & CEO Staci Berger and Gateway CAP Executive Director Edward Bethea
www.northjersey.com/story/opinio...
www.northjersey.com/story/opinio...
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FLYING NOW: A massive banner over the Jersey Shore letting residents of the Garden State's 2nd congressional district know that Congressman Jeff Van Drew chose the billionaires over us.
#TaxJustice
#TaxJustice
July 12, 2025 at 10:54 PM
FLYING NOW: A massive banner over the Jersey Shore letting residents of the Garden State's 2nd congressional district know that Congressman Jeff Van Drew chose the billionaires over us.
#TaxJustice
#TaxJustice
Cutting SNAP is like stealing candy from a baby (metaphorically!). But in all seriousness, for the FIRST TIME in the program's history, these cuts will shift cost to the states, and some kids are going to lose access to a critical life improving benefit.
NJ SNAP recipients may be hit hard by federal cuts | NJ Spotlight News
More than 22M households, including 400,000 in NJ, could lose some or all of their food-assistance benefits under a new federal law.
www.njspotlightnews.org
July 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Cutting SNAP is like stealing candy from a baby (metaphorically!). But in all seriousness, for the FIRST TIME in the program's history, these cuts will shift cost to the states, and some kids are going to lose access to a critical life improving benefit.
We knew the budget outlook was bad — but it’s worse than we thought.
This new report from @njpolicy.bsky.social shows how NJ’s FY26 budget deepens inequality, shortchanges public needs, and sets us up for a fiscal cliff.
This isn’t governing. It’s deferring disaster.
This new report from @njpolicy.bsky.social shows how NJ’s FY26 budget deepens inequality, shortchanges public needs, and sets us up for a fiscal cliff.
This isn’t governing. It’s deferring disaster.
New Jersey's FY 2026 budget could have been a moment of courage.
Instead, the budget process went on autopilot, cutting back revenue increases and dipping deeper into state cash reserves, while failing to protect residents from federal cuts.
Read NJPP’s breakdown: www.njpp.org/publications...
Instead, the budget process went on autopilot, cutting back revenue increases and dipping deeper into state cash reserves, while failing to protect residents from federal cuts.
Read NJPP’s breakdown: www.njpp.org/publications...
July 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
We knew the budget outlook was bad — but it’s worse than we thought.
This new report from @njpolicy.bsky.social shows how NJ’s FY26 budget deepens inequality, shortchanges public needs, and sets us up for a fiscal cliff.
This isn’t governing. It’s deferring disaster.
This new report from @njpolicy.bsky.social shows how NJ’s FY26 budget deepens inequality, shortchanges public needs, and sets us up for a fiscal cliff.
This isn’t governing. It’s deferring disaster.
This is worth repeating. Again and again and again. The needs of the people of New Jersey are not being met. When facing an affordable housing crisis, taking money away from the affordable housing fund to plug a budget hole lawmakers KNEW was coming, is not a solution.
From @newjerseymonitor.com | Advocates say New Jersey budget falls short of affordable housing needs
"Staci Berger, the network’s president and CEO, said the diversion contradicts years of coordinated planning with developers & investment in housing projects."
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/07/03/a...
"Staci Berger, the network’s president and CEO, said the diversion contradicts years of coordinated planning with developers & investment in housing projects."
newjerseymonitor.com/2025/07/03/a...
July 10, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This is worth repeating. Again and again and again. The needs of the people of New Jersey are not being met. When facing an affordable housing crisis, taking money away from the affordable housing fund to plug a budget hole lawmakers KNEW was coming, is not a solution.