Councilman Malik Johnston

04/29/2022

03/07/2022

This is an important notice!!
On March 16th, PSE&G will be disconnecting services for individuals that received shut-off notices under the utility moratorium period.
However, you can eliminate your services from being interrupted if you simply contact PSE&G and request a DPA(Deferred Payment Arrangement).
No deposit is required to set up a payment arrangement. However, if you do not set up an arrangement services will be interrupted.
1. Please call immediately to enroll in a PSE&G Deferred Payment Program at 800-357-2262. When asked, “What would you like help with today?” say, “Payment arrangement.”
2. To apply for State energy assistance: Visit nj211.org (https://www.nj211.org/utility-assistance-programs) or dial 2-1-1.
3. If you need help, not sure where to start or want to share information with others? Visit: www.pseg.com/HelpNow, or call PSE&G Customer Care: 800-357-2262.
4. Find an affiliate agency that helps people apply for utility relief programs in your county: Visit pseg.com/HelpNow for PSE&G Customer Service Centers with customer advocates from affiliate agencies. Or visit nj211.org (https://www.nj211.org/utility-assistance-programs) or dial 2-1-1.

02/27/2022

"There are Two New Jerseys. Just as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. identified Two Americas over fifty years ago, today the Garden State is characterized by two economic extremes,” said Laura Sullivan, Director of the Economic Justice Program at the Institute and primary author our new report - Making the Two New Jerseys One: Closing the $300,000 Racial Wealth Gap in the Garden State. “In one New Jersey, made up disproportionately of Black and Brown households, families struggle to make ends meet. In the other, predominately white families have substantial wealth and financial reserves to weather the economic uncertainties of life and support mobility for their children. This is the definition of injustice.”

The racial wealth gap between Black and white households in the U.S. is about $160,000, a substantial disparity, but one which pales in comparison to the gap in New Jersey.

According to our newly released research, the median household wealth of white families in New Jersey is $322,500, compared with just $17,700 and $26,100 for Black and Latina/o families, respectively. For individuals, the median net worth of white individuals in is $103,50, compared with just $4,900 and $2,300 for Black and Latina/o people.

Read the full report here: https://bit.ly/TwoNewJerseys

02/16/2022

The Father Center of New Jersey offers fathers the emotional, social and economic resources to improve their lives and those of their children.

02/02/2022

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=3024160884501855&id=100007239194988

01/31/2022

Hunterdon County NJ - Health Department will be distributing a limited supply of free rapid antigen at home Covid-19 test kits, one per vehicle, at the County’s Route 12 Complex in Raritan Township on Tuesday, February 1st at 11am, as long as supplies last.

01/21/2022

Where to find N95 respiratory masks, now that the CDC recommends wearing the "most protective mask you can."

01/01/2022

Habari Gani!
It's the 7th and final day of Kwanzaa, today's principle is Imani or (Faith) To believe with all our hearts in our people, our parents, our teachers, our leaders, and the righteousness and victory of our struggle.

12/31/2021

Habari Gani!
Today's Kwanzaa principle is Kuumba or (Creativity) To do always as much as we can, in the way we can, in order to leave our community more beautiful and beneficial than we inherited it. ✊🏿

12/30/2021

Habari Gani!
Today's Kwanzaa principle is Nia or (Purpose) To make our collective vocation the building and developing of our community in order to restore our people to their traditional greatness.

12/29/2021

Habari Gani!
Today's Kwanzaa principle is Ujamaa or (cooperative economics) To build and maintain our own stores, shops, and other businesses and to profit from them together.