Congressman Smith announces emergency CARE Act funds for CD-4 towns

Local governments in the 4th Congressional District of New Jersey were awarded $4.5 million in federal CARE Act funds to help areas stabilize and recover from the economic impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, Rep. Chris Smith (R-NJ) announced.

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NJ Goes All Out to Prepare for COVID-19 Surge That’s About to Hit

In something resembling a military operation, the state is on high alert, scrambling to add critical-care beds and ready pop-up field hospitals

By Lilo H. Stainton, NJ Spotlight

After weeks of planning and preparations, New Jersey is now ready to activate its hospital-capacity contingency plans, as facilities in the northern counties are becoming increasingly overwhelmed by a surge of patients with COVID-19.

State officials are preparing to shift patients with more limited clinical needs from existing hospitals to the new “field medical station” set up by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in the Meadowlands in order to make room for individuals who need critical care; the field station, in Secaucus, is expected to start accepting patients Monday. Newark’s University Hospital, the region’s Level 1 trauma center, will oversee the field station and transport the patients by ambulance or air, if needed.

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Tune into the Jersey Gs at 4

MMM publisher Art Gallagher will be Tommy G’s guest on this afternoon, 4:05 PM, on the best afternoon drive time radio show in New Jersey.

You shouldn’t be out driving, so tune in from your computer or smartphone, please.

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NJTV Video: Stay at home order poses special problems for victims of abuse

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NJ COVID-19 Numbers: 22,255 cases, 355 deaths

UPDATE: We’ve received 3,649 new positive #COVID19 cases, bringing our statewide total to 22,255.

We’ve sadly have lost another 91 fellow New Jerseyans to #COVID19, meaning we have now lost a total of 355 members of our great and diverse New Jersey family. pic.twitter.com/XzoRONVJlQ

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) April 1, 2020

22,255 New Jersey residents have come down with COVID-19 and 355 have succumbed to the virus, Governor Phil Murphy announced this afternoon.

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COVID-19 News from Senator Declan O’Scanlon

As New Jersey continues under a state of emergency due to the coronavirus, please know that my district office remains available to serve constituents by phone and email. Included below are links to information that you may find helpful, along with important state and national news updates related to COVID-19.

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NJ Income Tax Filing Delayed till July 15

New Jersey is joining the federal government in extending the deadline to file and pay income taxes until July 15, according to a joint statement by Governor Phil Murphy, Senate President Steve Sweeney and Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin. The State Budget Deadline has been postponed from June 30 to September 30.

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Governor Phil Murphy’s COVID-19 Briefing, April 1, 2020

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Murphy: Jersey Girls still do not pump gas!

PLEASE NOTE: We have no plans to turn our gas stations into self-serve at this time.

Please DO NOT pump your own gas.

— Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) March 30, 2020

Governor Phil Murphy tweeted this afternoon that New Jersey currently has no plans to allow self-service gas stations.

“Please DO NOT pump your own gas,” the governor said.

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NJ Gun Shops are now essential and open by appointment

Gun shops can now open in New Jersey, as an essential service, during the COVID-19 shutdown, Governor Phil Murphy reluctantly announced today.

According to NJ.com, Murphy reversed himself after the U.S. Department of Homeland Security deemed firearms dealers as essential services in a memo released over the weekend.

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