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Today is the sixth day of Hanukkah and I want to wish a continued happy and light-filled holiday to our New Jersey Jewish community. While previous presidential administrations borrowed a menorah for the holiday each year, President and First Lady Biden added the first ever permanent White House menorah - and first Jewish artifact - to the White House collection this year. Chag Sameach!
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I also want to wish a Merry Christmas to everyone celebrating this weekend! As we approach the new year, I hope everyone has the opportunity to spend time surrounded by loved ones, relaxing and reflecting on all we have been able to accomplish this year by working together. Happy Holidays from all of us at the NJDSC!
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Governor Murphy and Netflix announced this week that the company will develop a state-of-the-art East Coast production facility on the Fort Monmouth campus in Monmouth County, transforming a property that has been largely vacant for more than a decade into an economic engine that is estimated to create more than 1,500 permanent production jobs and more than 3,500 construction-related jobs in New Jersey. This is an incredible win for New Jersey’s television and film industries.
“As a result of nearly a billion dollars in film production spending, New Jersey will further solidify its status as an emerging national leader in the television and film industries,” said Governor Murphy. [[link removed]] “Additionally, Netflix’s substantial direct investment will stimulate job creation and spark an entirely new ecosystem of housing, hotels, and ancillary businesses and services, bringing with it countless additional jobs and boosting the regional economy.”
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In the spirit of the season, the Biden-Harris administration released a federal plan for ending homelessness in America this week that starts with the ambitious goal of reducing homelessness 25% by 2025. All In: The Federal Strategic Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness [[link removed]] is the most ambitious effort by any administration to prevent people from becoming homeless, address inequities that disproportionately impact underserved communities, including people of color and other marginalized groups, and help cities and states reduce unsheltered homelessness.
“My plan offers a roadmap for not only getting people into housing but also ensuring that they have access to the support, services, and income that allow them to thrive,” said President Biden [[link removed]] . “It is a plan that is grounded in the best evidence and aims to improve equity and strengthen collaboration at all levels.”
“All In” is built around six pillars: three foundations—equity, data and evidence, and collaboration—and three solutions—housing and support, crisis response, and prevention. Within each pillar are strategies and actions that lay the groundwork for a future when no one experiences homelessness—not even for one night.
The release of this plan also coincides with Homeless Person’s Memorial Day, which commemorates the people who have lost their lives while living without a home. People who experience homelessness die nearly 30 years earlier than the average American and at the average age that Americans died in 1900. “All In” responds to homelessness as a life-and-death crisis rooted in housing and health problems—not as a crime for the justice system to solve.
— Chairman LeRoy J. Jones, Jr.
P.S. President Zelensky of Ukraine was in Washington this week and met with President Biden who reaffirmed the United States’ commitment to the Ukrainian people, who have now been under Russian assault for 300 days. You can watch President Zelensky’s moving address to Congress here. [[link removed]] “We’re in this together — for decency, for democracy, for freedom and the rule of law.”
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