Lobbying
ORANJ from time to time may ask you to contact state or federal legislators regarding legislation which affects Life Plan Communities/Continuing Care Retirement Communities. Legislators pay the most attention to those who live in their voting district, i.e., constituents. When we ask, you can contact them by email, postal mail, or telephone, whichever you are most comfortable with.
The links to legislators’ websites give you their postal address and telephone number.
Email to Legislators – follow the pattern:
The email pattern for Assemblywoman Beth Sawyer is aswsawyer@njleg.org
The email pattern for Assemblyman Christopher Tully is asmtully@njleg.org
The email pattern for Senator Gopal is SenGopal@njleg.org
The Senate Committee for Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens (SHH) and the Assembly Committee for Aging and Senior Services (ASE) handle most legislation involving seniors. Please check the list and look for the initials ASE and SHH to see if a member of either of those committees serves your district. These are the legislators we will most likely need to contact.
Help from Your Legislator
In addition to contacting your legislator regarding legislation, you should feel free to reach out to their offices for help when you have a problem involving New Jersey or federal government. All legislators have “constituent service /caseworker staff” who often can be of help.
State issues include:
- Dealing with state agencies in general
- Department of Motor Vehicles
- Unemployment Benefits
- State roads
- State income, sales and estate taxes [not real estate taxes except for state subsidies]
- Voting registration
- Banking
Federal issues include:
- Dealing with federal agencies in general
- IRS – federal taxes
- Medicare
- Social Security
- Affairs
- Passports and Immigration
- Banking