Shoulder closures to continue through August for ADA upgrades.

Route 71 is scheduled to have daytime shoulder closures in both directions over the next several weeks as an ADA improvement project begins in Monmouth County. Traffic to be maintained utilizing traffic shifts.

TINTON FALLS - District 11 state legislators Senator Vin Gopal and Assemblywoman Margie Donlon will hold a Press Conference Monday, July 13, in Asbury Park to discuss their successful legislation to recognize open-water lifeguards as first responders and emergency services providers.

By Vin Gopal

Last week we wrapped out a busy spring legislative session that included negotiations for the fiscal year 2027 state budget.

This year’s budget sessions were often daunting as we tried to address a $3 billion structural deficit. Federal spending cuts scheduled to start in 2027 contributed to the state’s financial crunch brought on, in part, by increased costs for health care, school funding, employee benefits, and direct property tax relief. 

By Vin Gopal

The Senate has advanced many of our bills in the past couple of weeks.

By Vin Gopal

Consolidation of healthcare services in education offers an opportunity to help individual school districts address the rapidly rising cost of healthcare premiums.

From left - Stacy Schiller, Cantor Gabrielle Clissold, Amir Bercovicz, Vicki Brosniak, David Belhassen, Vin Gopal, Luanne Peterpaul, Rabbi Ari Blech, Margie and Vera Donlon.

OCEAN TOWNSHIP - Senator Vin Gopal and Assemblywomen Margie Donlon and Luanne Peterpaul (D-Monmouth) honored six Monmouth County residents Tuesday night as they celebrated Jewish American Heritage Month alongside elected officials from Ocean Township, Deal, Tinton Falls, Oakhurst, and Bradley Beach.

By Vin Gopal

Our office understands the importance of listening to constituents. Often, many of our constituents express similar concerns, especially related to their safety, affordability issues, education, and accessing important community resources. These conversations are crucial in driving our legislative agendas. We would love to take the opportunity to provide some insight into that process.

By Vin Gopal

We have been working in the Legislature to find ways of helping local school districts cut their costs and making the school funding process more transparent and efficient. We want to share a few of our priorities when the State Senate and Assembly go back into session in May.

By Vin Gopal

Ever since the COVID 19 pandemic hit us in the beginning of 2020, the Legislative District 11 office has worked hard - and successfully - to ensure telemedicine and telehealth are available to residents.

By Vin Gopal

During March and February, we hosted celebrations of Black history, Irish American heritage, women’s history and Greek Independence. It’s gratifying to report that the high turnouts at these events show that LD11 residents share our interest in meeting and learning about their neighbors who come from different backgrounds.

By Vin Gopal

New Jersey has over 600 school districts. More than 200 of them have less than 500 students. Many of them have buildings less than 30 percent full. Some of them have dramatically increased administrative costs, hiring more and more administrators, while their enrollment has gone down. Recently - the president of the Colts Neck School Board, who is focused on protecting the status quo and her own position of power - lashed out against us for suggesting we should start mandating the regionalization of services. 

By Vin Gopal

We want to make sure residents are aware that applications for the next property tax reimbursement program are now available and that the state Division of Taxation has begun issuing checks for the current Stay NJ payments.

By Vin Gopal

In the final days of the last legislative session , former Governor Phil Murphy signed into law a number of our bills to protect residents both at home and when they are in public.