9th District Says Tax Relief, School Aid Reform Should Be State Budget Priorities

Following Gov. Phil Murphy’s ninth and final budget address last week, outlining spending priorities for Fiscal Year 2026, Sen. Carmen Amato Jr. and Assemblymen Brian Rumpf and Gregory Myhre of the 9th Legislative District issued a statement emphasizing that the state needs to control spending and give residents real property tax relief.

Amato said the delegation believes the proposed spending plan does not address “the cost-of-living crisis that is hurting working families and seniors living on…