New Jersey Tenants Organization

Dear Assemblyman Green:

On behalf of the New Jersey Tenants Organization, it is my pleasure to inform you that you have received our endorsement of your candidacy for Assembly in District 22.

We believe you have satisfactorily demonstrated your concern for tenants.  As an advocate for tenants' rights and interests, you warrant the praise and votes of all the tenants in your community.

We are especially gratified that you are committed to maintaining local rent control without state interference, to opposing the extremely dangerous Law Revision Commission landlord/tenant project which would rewrite all of landlord/tenant law, to opposing making it easier to evict tenants from their homes, to giving tenants full credit for the property tax they pay, to opposing the false water/sewerage sub-metering bill and to supporting our real conversation approach, requiring replacement of water wasting plumbing fixtures with low flow devices that meet strict standards, to opposing giving landlords the right to demand a full year's rent up front, to supporting legislation which reiterates the landlords' current responsibility to eradicate bedbug infestations without transferring that responsibility to tenants, to ensuring that municipalities continue to have the right to enact and enforce stronger maintenance and safety standards than the state minimums, to finding real solutions to overcrowding off the hook, and to ensuring that tenants in 55+ buildings have the right to rent control, regardless of when the buildings were constructed.

You can be proud of your commitment to upholding the rights of tenants.  We look forward to your being a voice for tenants in the next legislature, after your victory!

Yours truly,

Matthew B. Shapiro
President