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78-509: Garden State Equality was founded in 2004 by Steven Goldstein ; he left the organization in 2013 and Troy Stevenson was promoted to take his role. In 2011, Lambda Legal filed a lawsuit on behalf of Garden State Equality and six same-sex families against New Jersey, arguing that the state's civil union system failed to provide those same benefits and violated New Jersey's guarantee of equal protection. On September 27, 2013, Judge Mary Jacobson ruled that same-sex marriage should be legal and ordered

156-499: A confidentiality agreement with Goldman Sachs. Skeptics argued that Corzine should have followed the example of his predecessor Robert Rubin , who converted his equity stake into debt upon leaving Goldman. Corzine campaigned for state government programs including universal health care , universal gun registration , mandatory public preschool, and more taxpayer funding for college education. He pushed affirmative action and same-sex marriage . David Brooks opined that Corzine

234-587: A "liberal progressive". In the general election, Corzine won by just a three-point margin over his Republican opponent, four-term United States Congressman Bob Franks , in the November 2000 election . He was sworn into the Senate in January 2001. He spent more than $ 62 million of his own money on his campaign, the most expensive Senate campaign in U.S. history – over $ 33 million of this

312-612: A Democrat, to succeed him. One of Corzine's first nominations was that of Zulima Farber as New Jersey Attorney General . She served for approximately seven months until an ethics investigation concluded that she had acted improperly by going to the location where local police in Fairview, New Jersey had stopped her boyfriend, Hamlet Gore, for driving with a suspended license and an expired vehicle registration. Corzine said he did not ask for Farber's resignation. On February 9, 2006, after many scandals regarding financial mishandling at

390-576: A college trust fund to educate her children, a 2005 Volvo sport utility vehicle, and Corzine forgave a $ 470,000 loan he had made to Katz in 2002 to buy out her ex-husband's share of their home in Alexandria Township . Katz enrolled in Seton Hall University School of Law on a full scholarship in 2004. Corzine later acknowledged he had given $ 15,000 to Katz's brother-in-law, Rocco Riccio, a former state employee who

468-655: A committed Clinton superdelegate late into the 2008 Democratic Party presidential primary season . If the Democratic National Committee had decided to recontest the Michigan and Florida primaries , Corzine and Ed Rendell were prepared to spearhead Clinton's fundraising in for those races. Towards the end of the primary season in April 2008, Corzine made it clear that although he was a Clinton supporter, his superdelegate vote would be determined by

546-683: A deepening recession. Corzine, in attempting to pass the 2007 fiscal year budget, clashed with a few fellow state Democrats in the New Jersey General Assembly , particularly over the proposed increase of the state's sales tax from 6% to 7%. Corzine said that he would not accept a budget that did not include the sales tax increase. After the legislature failed to pass Corzine's budget by the midnight deadline of July 1, 2006, he signed an executive order that immediately closed down all non-essential state government services, such as road construction projects. Legislators failed to resolve

624-752: A different age-appropriate anti-bullying training for students. At the annual Equality Walk, volunteers get sponsored by friends to do a walk each October. It started in Asbury Park, taking place on a Sunday, but now they host 4 separate events across New Jersey. Garden State Equality has held numerous town meetings on LGBT issues, such as same-sex marriage , across the state. The organization also holds telephone town meetings with public officials on conference calls with as many as 200 people. The organization has also held lobby days where volunteers meet with legislators and their staff on LGBT issues. In an effort to include more teens in their activism, they introduced

702-749: A four-part proposal including an overall reduction in spending, a constitutional amendment to require more voter approval for state borrowing, an executive order prohibiting the use of one-time revenues to balance the budget and a controversial plan to raise some $ 38 billion by leasing the Garden State Parkway , the New Jersey Turnpike, and other toll roads for at least 75 years to a new public benefit corporation that could sell bonds secured by future tolls, which it would be allowed to raise by 50% plus inflation every four years beginning in 2010. Corzine vowed to get that plan through

780-524: A health plan and have taxpayers help pick up the tab for all the welfare low- and middle-income residents. In June 2008, state legislators voted for the first phase of that program mandating health care coverage and Corzine signed it into law in July. Corzine spent some $ 200,000 of public funds on advertisements to promote a referendum on the 2007 New Jersey ballot to borrow $ 450 million to fund stem cell research . The referendum faced strong opposition and

858-610: A number of polls showed Corzine trailing the Republican nominee, Christie, by double digits, though the tide changed again and by October polls showed Corzine was close, and in some cases, ahead. In the end, Corzine lost the race to Christie by a margin of 48.5% to 44.9%, with 5.8% of the vote going to independent candidate Chris Daggett . Corzine officially declined his $ 175,000 salary in 2006. After taking office in January 2006, Corzine's approval numbers were very low. Many polls seemed to indicate that much of this negative polling

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936-753: A post at Rutgers University–Newark . Under his leadership, Garden State Equality advocated for the state to legalize gay marriage, and when then-Governor Christie vetoed the marriage equality bill that both houses of the New Jersey Legislature passed, the organization filed the lawsuit, Garden State Equality v. Dow , that led to same-sex marriage in New Jersey . At Rutgers he served as Associate Chancellor for External Relations and associate professor at Rutgers Law School and in political science. He taught courses on social justice advocacy, American politics and political communication. He

1014-721: A presidential commission on capital budgeting for Bill Clinton and served as Chairman of the United States Department of the Treasury 's borrowing committee. As the Goldman Sachs senior partner, he helped develop a private sector plan to rescue the hedge fund Long-Term Capital Management when the leveraged fund's collapse in the fall of 1998 threatened contagion across the U.S. financial system. According to U.S. News & World Report , Corzine did not get along with co-CEO Henry Paulson , who came from

1092-475: A reciprocal endorsement. Corzine entered Congress in a class of 10 new senators, eight of whom were Democrats. According to U.S. News & World Report , Corzine, Hillary Clinton and Jean Carnahan were the more notable new senators in 2000. During his five-year senatorial career, he was present at 1,503 of 1,673 votes, cosponsored 1,014 bills, sponsored 145 bills (only 11 of which made it out of committee), and had one sponsored bill enacted. He co-authored

1170-557: A staunch Zionist, has also been critical of the Democratic Party, particularly the Squad, for not being supportive enough of Israel. In an article for The Times of Israel , he criticized leaders in his own LGBTQ community for their opposition to Israel, which Goldstein said veered into anti-Semitism. Goldstein describes himself as a "centrist liberal" rather than as "progressive." In 2017, Goldstein began rabbinical school at

1248-583: A week-long youth leadership initiative known as Changemakers in 2023, along with a year-round Youth Advisory Board. Garden State Equality's former grassroots programs include Activist Institutes that trained volunteers in organizing skills, and the "Equality Express", a motor home that traveled to large events in New Jersey to educate people on LGBT issues. The organization also held "Helping You Personally" seminars, where experts in legal and finance spoke on issues of interest to LGBT people in New Jersey. Prior to legal recognition of same-sex marriages in New Jersey,

1326-616: Is a former member of the group's steering committee. Corzine is a member of Kappa Beta Phi . After being forced out from Goldman Sachs in January 1999, Corzine campaigned for a New Jersey Senate seat after Frank Lautenberg announced his retirement. Despite initially trailing behind his opponent in the Democratic primary by 30 percentage points, Corzine won the nomination by 16 points. He later attributed his successful primary run to pollster Bob Shrum who convinced him to run not as "a seasoned investment banker and job creator" but as

1404-638: Is an American civil rights activist. Goldstein received his B.A. from Brandeis University, an M.P.P. (Master in Public Policy) from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, an M.S. from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, and his J.D. from Columbia Law School. Goldstein was co-campaign manager for Jon Corzine for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2000. He had previously worked for

1482-864: The Academy for Jewish Religion (AJR) in Yonkers , New York . In 2023-2024 he served as Education Director at Old York Road Temple-Beth Am in Philadephia, where he studied for the year at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (RRC). Upon returning to AJR, Goldstein cowrote an op-ed in the Forward critical of Anti-Zionism at RRC. In 2019, Goldstein's book, The Turn-On: How the Powerful Make Us Like Them - from Washington to Wall Street to Hollywood

1560-476: The Associated Press "I have the qualifications. If I am chosen by Jon, I am more than qualified to rise to the occasion." He strongly hinted he might appoint Governor Richard Codey although on November 23, 2005, Codey announced that he was not interested in pursuing the seat. On December 9, 2005, Corzine named his friend, who lived and lives in the same apartment building, U.S. Rep. Robert Menendez ,

1638-665: The Communications Workers of America (CWA), in the same apartment building where he resided in Hoboken ; the CWA represents the largest number of state workers in New Jersey. As Katz later recalled, Corzine offered her a job on his Senate campaign, but she declined the offer. Corzine and the still married Katz were soon dating, and they began appearing in public as a couple in early 2002, shortly after Corzine's unofficial separation from his wife, Joanne. (The Corzines divorced

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1716-726: The Illinois General Assembly . He grew up on a small family farm in Willey Station, Illinois near Taylorville . After completing high school at Taylorville High School, where he had been the football quarterback and basketball captain , he attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign , where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity , and graduated in 1969, earning Phi Beta Kappa honors. While in college, he enlisted in

1794-552: The New Jersey Turnpike and the Garden State Parkway , his approval rating fell to 30% in January 2008. In conjunction with this fall in approval rating, an initiative to recall the Governor was started for the first and only time ever in New Jersey history. The recall effort failed after gathering less than the required 1.2 million signatures. Corzine had long insisted that state employees must bear part of

1872-518: The Sarbanes–Oxley Act . In the aftermath of Enron , he cosponsored (with Barbara Boxer ) legislation, which was later propounded by Ted Kennedy , that reforms the 401(k) plan to minimize the risk of investment portfolios. The plan was opposed by President George W. Bush and faced strong opposition in Congress. Restrictions on retirement account allocations were in direct opposition to

1950-491: The United States Marine Corps Reserve and served from 1969 until 1975, attaining the rank of sergeant . In 1970, he enrolled in the University of Chicago Booth School of Business , from which he received a Master of Business Administration degree in 1973. His first business experience was in the bond department of Continental Illinois National Bank , where he worked days while attending

2028-497: The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey , Corzine nominated Robert Del Tufo , the former Attorney General of New Jersey and U.S. Attorney , as chairman of the board of trustees. Corzine also nominated Oliver Quinn, Prudential Financial's vice president and chief ethics officer, as vice chairman of the board. Corzine's commissioner of the Department of Environmental Protection and Chief of Staff, Lisa P. Jackson

2106-585: The 54th governor of New Jersey from 2006 to 2010. Corzine ran for a second term as governor but lost to Republican Chris Christie . A member of the Democratic Party , he previously worked at Goldman Sachs ; after leaving politics, he was CEO of MF Global from 2010 until its collapse in 2011. Corzine was born in Taylorville, Illinois , the son of Nancy June (née Hedrick) and Roy Allen Corzine, Jr. His grandfather Roy A. Corzine , Sr. served in

2184-515: The Booth School of Business MBA program at night. He then moved to BancOhio National Bank, a regional bank in Columbus, Ohio , that was acquired in 1984 by National City Bank . Corzine worked at BancOhio until 1975, when he moved his family to New Jersey and was hired as a bond trader for Goldman Sachs. In 1976, Corzine joined Goldman Sachs as a bond trader and then became co-manager of

2262-478: The Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities Division. He became a partner in 1980, and a member of the management committee in 1984. He served as Goldman Sachs' CFO (1991–1994), and a senior partner (1994–1999). During his leadership, Corzine oversaw the firm's expansion into Asia and was instrumental in leading the transition of the firm from a private partnership to a public company. Corzine also chaired

2340-579: The Italian-American One Voice Committee. Alfano reported that when introduced to a lawyer named David Stein, Corzine said: "He's not Italian, is he? Oh, I guess he's your Jewish lawyer who is here to get the rest of you out of jail." Corzine denied mentioning religion, but did not deny the quip about Italians, stating that some of his own ancestors were probably Italian, or maybe French. Also in 2000, Corzine denied having made payments to African-American ministers, although

2418-456: The LGBT community but also often caters to the impoverished, homeless, and incarcerated. An anti-bullying hotline collects reports from parents, students and others about incidents of bullying against students. The organization visits schools to conduct training for administrators, teachers and other staff on New Jersey's anti- bullying law, and how to comply with it. The organization also conducts

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2496-556: The Senate, Corzine was a member of the Committees on Banking , Intelligence , the Budget , Foreign Relations , Environment , and Energy and Natural Resources . Corzine and his opponent, Republican Doug Forrester , spent $ 73 million on their gubernatorial campaigns by the week before election day . This included $ 38 million by Corzine and $ 19 million by Forrester for the general election. The primaries accounted for

2574-420: The U.S. Congress as press secretary to U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg , and as a counsel to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee. He worked as a television producer as well, winning 10 regional Emmy Awards before founding Garden State Equality in 2004. Goldstein served as CEO and chair of the group, New Jersey 's statewide organization for LGBT equality , from 2004 until 2013, when he stepped down to take

2652-467: The bill was not passed until late in 2007, New Jersey had not executed any criminals since 1963. Because the penalty was never used and often reversed upon appeal, it was viewed as a form of extended suffering for victims' families by some supporters of its abolition. Before the enactment of the new law, he commuted the death sentences of all death row inmates to life in prison. Corzine also has supported early New Jersey efforts at gun control . Corzine

2730-545: The contemporaneous movement towards self-directed individual retirement accounts for Social Security. Corzine was a sponsor of the Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act. He supported providing a two-year tax break to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks and help grant citizenship to victims who were legal resident aliens . He supported gun control laws, outlawing racial profiling , and subsidies for Amtrak . He

2808-534: The corporate income tax. As of December 2008 many elements of the plan had been approved by the Democrats in the NJ Legislature. On January 2, 2009, Corzine joined the governors of four other states in urging the federal government to provide $ 1 trillion in aid to the country's 50 state governments to help pay for education, welfare and infrastructure as states struggle with steep budget deficits amid

2886-635: The cost of their health benefits after retirement. As of July 1, 2007, in agreements with the Communications Workers of America , the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees , and the International Federation of Professional and Technical Engineers , active State employees in those unions (as well as certain other non-union employees) are now required to contribute 1.5% of their salary to offset health care costs. State and local employees' contributions to

2964-457: The date of Super Tuesday, 2008 . He was also among a group of prominent Democratic politicians (that included Ted Kennedy and Barack Obama) who received political contributions from Norman Hsu that he ended up donating to charity. In November 2008, in response to the ongoing economic downturn, Corzine proposed an economic recovery package consisting of additional massive spending, accelerated capital improvement spending and reforms and cuts to

3042-605: The decision and the appellate court overturned the trial court ruling. Wilson then filed an appeal to the New Jersey Supreme Court , asking the Supreme Court to reinstate the trial court ruling. Corzine won his case on appeal. On March 18, 2009, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled it would not hear arguments in the case, effectively ending the legal battle to make his e-mails with Katz public. Corzine spent approximately $ 127,000 of taxpayer funds to keep

3120-463: The difference. Since Corzine had spent over $ 62 million on his 2000 United States Senate elections , the combined expenditures for Corzine's run for the Senate and governorship exceeded $ 100 million. The main campaign issues were property taxes and the Bush administration. New Jersey had averaged $ 5,500 in 2004 property taxes, and Corzine tried to link his opponent to Bush. The campaign for

3198-546: The e-mails secret. Nonetheless, on August 1, 2010, The Star-Ledger published 123 of the Corzine-Katz e-mails, revealing the extent of their personal contact during negotiations over a new state government workers contract in early 2007. Corzine continued to serve in the U.S. Senate while running for governor, which ensured that he could resign from the Senate and appoint a Democrat as his successor if he won and allowed him to retain his Senate seat if he lost. Speculation

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3276-515: The first $ 19,000 of taxable income . In 2002, he proposed a tax cut that exempted the first $ 10,000 of income from the $ 765 of Social Security taxes for both employers and employees. Corzine also proposed making dividend payments tax deductible to companies as a form of economic stimulus. While in the Senate, he chaired the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee from 2003 to 2005. In this role he

3354-619: The following year.) For more than two years Corzine was romantically involved and living with Katz. She lived with him at his apartment building in Hoboken from April 2002 until August 2004. After Corzine's breakup with Katz, their lawyers negotiated a financial payout in November 2004. According to press accounts, the settlement for Katz exceeded $ 6 million, including cash (in part used to buy her $ 1.1 million condominium in Hoboken),

3432-499: The foundation controlled by Jon and Joanne Corzine had paid one influential black church $ 25,000. Reginald T. Jackson , director of the Black Ministers Council of New Jersey, had campaigned against a form of racial profiling whereby police officers stop minority drivers, and had gotten New Jersey state police superintendent Carl A. Williams fired. Corzine had donated to Jackson prior to getting what appears to be

3510-507: The latest decrease in funding for 2009, most state institutions have less funding than they had a decade ago. Despite the $ 15 million in cuts, Rutgers went ahead with previous agreed upon raises of $ 15 million to their executive faculty. This resulted in Rutgers making $ 30 million in cuts. Corzine has been the only New Jersey governor in recent memory to make any headway in addressing the crisis of municipal funding. While not directly touching

3588-471: The members' homes. Many New Jersey legislators have attended at least one town meeting or legislative dinner. Garden State Equality's Legends Dinner is the organization's annual gala attended by 700 to 1,000 guests. Speakers and entertainers have included Governor Mario Cuomo , Senator Frank Lautenberg , Fran Drescher , Cynthia Nixon , Judy Gold , Anthony Rapp , and Jennifer Holliday . Steven Goldstein (activist) Steven Goldstein (born 1962)

3666-417: The organization volunteered to collect letters and postcards in support of marriage equality. The organization developed thirteen caucuses to help to diversify New Jersey's LGBT rights movement. Each caucus serves a different demographic community such as African-Americans, clergy, labor, women, and youth. As a part of legislative dinners, Assembly Members and State Senators met Garden State Equality members at

3744-406: The organization's work. Garden State Equality stresses the importance of volunteer work for the organization. There are many difference branches of service available within the organization, such as a campaign for the homeless and those in poverty, which helps to gather more information about these minority groups and take action to improve their living standards. This specific campaign not only aids

3822-479: The other major area of the bank, investment banking . When Corzine participated in structuring the bailout, Paulson seized control of the firm. When Goldman Sachs went public after Corzine's departure, Corzine made $ 400 million. Corzine has participated in meetings of the Bilderberg Group , a network of leaders in the fields of politics, business and banking (1995–1997, 1999, 2003, and 2004). He

3900-578: The popular vote. After her win in the April 22, 2008 Pennsylvania Democratic primary and a calculation of popular votes that excluded caucuses and included the controversial Michigan and Florida Democratic primaries, Corzine reaffirmed his support for her. Once Barack Obama became the presumptive nominee , Corzine became a prominent spokesperson for Obama's agenda. Corzine was among a group of big (in terms of population) state governors, such as Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger , who moved his state Republican and Democratic primaries to February 5, 2008,

3978-569: The post of Governor of New Jersey was successful with 54% of the vote. Forrester, a businessman and a former Mayor of West Windsor Township , in Mercer County , won 43%. Corzine received 1,224,493 votes to Forrester's 985,235. A total of 80,277 votes, or 3%, were scattered among other candidates. Corzine won 13 of New Jersey's 21 counties: Atlantic , Bergen , Burlington , Camden , Cumberland , Essex , Gloucester , Hudson , Mercer , Middlesex , Passaic , Salem , and Union . Corzine won

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4056-506: The proposal was released did he discover "the harsh reality: the public intensely disliked the idea" and that, in retrospect, he "should have pressed harder to identify the most salient arguments against the plan and developed a strategy to get in front of and respond to those challenges". Corzine, who was running for the United States Senate in the spring of 1999, met Carla Katz , the then married president of Local 1034 of

4134-555: The scandal. In the fall of 2006, during an impasse in contract negotiations between the Corzine administration and the state's seven major state employee unions (including the CWA), Katz contacted the governor by phone and e-mail to lobby for a renewal of the negotiations. Their relationship and the financial settlement Katz received after their breakup led to allegations of many potential conflicts of interest in labor negotiations while Corzine

4212-499: The situation by July 4 and casinos, among other governmentally-regulated industries, closed their doors at 8:00 am on July 5. Corzine called the shutdown "deplorable", though he refused to negotiate with legislators and accept alternate plans that did not increase the sales tax. Some surmised the casino closure was an effort to encourage reluctant South Jersey legislators to break the impasse. After six days of state government shutdown, Corzine and Assembly Democrats agreed to raise

4290-407: The state dropped its legal challenge and New Jersey became the 14th state with the freedom to marry for all couples, barring age restrictions. Garden State Equality programming focuses on public policy advocacy and grassroots organizing. The organization's grassroots programs include volunteer work, training, town meetings, and action nights, where participants can provide input on or participate In

4368-412: The state legislature by March, but held off for nearly a month before releasing the details. Upon learning how the plan would work, New Jersey native residents railed against it, comparing it to using one credit card to pay off another, pointing out that it would create hardship for commuters and noting that it would actually increase the state's $ 32 billion debt. Corzine later wrote that only after

4446-473: The state sales tax to 7% with half of the 1% increase going to the state budget and the other half going to property tax relief. On July 8, 2006, the $ 30 billion state budget, with the sales tax agreement, passed both houses and Governor Corzine signed the budget into law ending the budget impasse. Initially, Corzine opposed privatization of the New Jersey Turnpike . On January 8, 2008, to address ongoing structural budget issues, Governor Corzine proposed

4524-447: The state to begin allowing same-sex marriages on October 21, 2013. The state quickly appealed the decision and asked for a stay to delay the implementation of the court order. On October 18, 2013, the Supreme Court of New Jersey unanimously affirmed Judge Jacobson's denial of the stay and ruled that state should begin issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples as ordered. Hours after the first marriages were officiated on October 21, 2013,

4602-491: The state to offer incentives not to take health insurance and required municipal employees work 20 hours per week to get health benefits. As part of his attempt to balance the budget, Corzine decreased funding to most programs and localities including state universities and colleges. The first of these decreases came with the 2007 budget. Rutgers University and other New Jersey state universities raised tuition, cut hundreds of sections of classes, and several sports teams. With

4680-564: The third rail of New Jersey governance – property taxes – Corzine's reform of the school funding formula (passed and signed in January 2008) resulted in significant relief to many New Jersey towns with outsize school costs but limited tax base. The plan survived a legal challenge and was declared constitutional by the New Jersey Supreme Court on May 28, 2009. Corzine championed expanding government health and education programs. He planned to require every resident to enroll in

4758-481: The three most populous counties (Bergen, Essex, and Middlesex), five of the top six, and seven of the top nine. Corzine ran for re-election in the 2009 New Jersey gubernatorial election . In January 2009, Rasmussen Reports indicated that recently announced Republican challenger Chris Christie led Corzine 42% to 40%. Other polls that month showed Corzine with approvals of 46% to 40%, but these were trailing his "favorables", which were just 42–44%. By June and July,

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4836-420: The two largest pension systems increased by 10%, from 5% to 5.5% of their annual salaries and increased the retirement benefit age for new public employees, from 55 to 60 years. In 2008, Corzine approved a law that increased the retirement age from 60 to 62, required that government workers and teachers earn $ 7,500 per year to qualify for a pension, eliminated Lincoln's Birthday as a state worker holiday, allowed

4914-401: Was a result of the protracted budget battle ahead of the 2006 New Jersey State Government shutdown in July. An April 26, 2006, poll from Quinnipiac University Polling Institute showed Corzine at a 35% approval with a 42% disapproval. A February 28, 2007, poll from Quinnipiac University showed Corzine at 50% approval with 34% disapproval. When Corzine released a controversial plan to monetize

4992-531: Was forced to resign after being accused of examining income tax returns for political purposes. At the time, Katz was president of the CWA Local 1034 , which bargains on behalf of many state employees. In the summer of 2005, when Corzine was running in the New Jersey gubernatorial election , news first emerged of his relationship with Katz and the money she had received. Corzine was elected governor despite

5070-627: Was governor. A state ethics panel, acting on a complaint from Bogota mayor Steve Lonegan , ruled in May 2007 that Katz's contact with Corzine during negotiations did not violate the governor's code of conduct. Separately, New Jersey Republican State Committee Chairman Tom Wilson filed a lawsuit to release all e-mail correspondence between Corzine and Katz during the contract negotiations. On May 30, 2008, New Jersey Superior Court Judge Paul Innes ruled that at least 745 pages of e-mail records should be made public, but Corzine's lawyers immediately appealed

5148-415: Was influential in convincing certain potential candidates to not run in order to avoid costly primaries in three key states during the 2004 United States Senate elections . He also played a role in the selection of Senator John Edwards as a running mate for Senator John Kerry . In 2002, Corzine called for the resignation of United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Harvey Pitt . In

5226-461: Was killed by a drunk driver. The legislation provides federal highway safety grant incentives to encourage states to impound the cars of DUI suspects. He was an early contributing blogger at The Huffington Post . In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, attacks, Corzine and Peter Fitzgerald attempted to mold a more disciplined bailout of the airline industry, but even the redesigned plan

5304-772: Was nominated as the administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency . She was confirmed by the Senate on January 22, 2009. On April 12, 2007, Corzine and 25-year-old aide Samantha Gordon were injured in an automobile accident on the Garden State Parkway near Galloway Township while traveling from the New Jersey Conference of Mayors in Atlantic City to Drumthwacket , his residence in Princeton , to meet with radio personality Don Imus and

5382-604: Was not entirely satisfactory to Corzine. Corzine opposed the reduction in low-income student eligibility for Pell Grant funding caused by changes in the "expected family contribution". Corzine tried and failed to introduce legislation for chemical plant regulation six weeks after the September 11, 2001 attacks. Subsequent efforts by then- Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and former New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman in 2002 were also squelched. Along with Hillary Clinton, he

5460-420: Was one of several United States Governors – including Martin O'Malley of Maryland , Mike Beebe of Arkansas , and Eliot Spitzer of New York – who were early supporters of Hillary Clinton 's 2008 presidential campaign . He raised $ 1 million for her campaign. He, Bill Clinton , Eliot Spitzer , Chuck Schumer , and Charlie Rangel co-hosted Clinton's October 25, 2007 60th-birthday party. He remained

5538-453: Was one of the few senators who attempted to pressure the Bush administration to clamp down on regulation of the chemical and nuclear-power industries. His efforts helped make New Jersey one of the stricter states in the nation in terms of chemical plant regulation. In 2001, Corzine coauthored (with Bob Graham ) a tax-cut proposal aimed at lowering the marginal tax bracket from 15% to 10% on

5616-556: Was played by Steve Carell in the 2015 movie Freeheld , based on the 2008 Academy Award-winning documentary of the same name , in which Goldstein himself appeared. Goldstein served as executive director of the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect in 2016-2017, during which time the organization, according to Liel Leibovitz in The Tablet , "one of the loudest voices in the #resistance to Trump." However, Goldstein,

5694-551: Was published by Harper Collins. Goldstein currently serves as Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council in New Haven, Connecticut. Jon Corzine Jon Stevens Corzine ( / ˈ k ɔːr z aɪ n / KOR -zyne ; born January 1, 1947) is an American financial executive and retired politician who served as a United States Senator from New Jersey from 2001 to 2006, and

5772-447: Was rejected despite the fact that $ 270 million had previously been approved to build stem cell research centers. Corzine, a death penalty opponent, as governor supported and presided over abolition of capital punishment in New Jersey and replacing it with life imprisonment . After the legislature passed and he signed it into law, New Jersey became the first state to legislatively eliminate capital punishment since 1965. Although

5850-422: Was so liberal that his election, although the fact that his predecessor was also a Democrat, helped push the Senate to the left. During Corzine's campaign for the United States Senate , he made some controversial off-color statements. When introduced to a man with an Italian name who said he was in the construction business, Corzine quipped: "Oh, you make cement shoes !" according to Emanuel Alfano, chairman of

5928-503: Was spent on the primary election alone, where he defeated former Governor James Florio 58–42%. Franks had been a last-minute choice because New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman had been expected to run for the Senate. The record $ 62 million amount surpassed Michael Huffington , who spent nearly $ 28 million in an unsuccessful 1994 Senate race. During the campaign, Corzine refused to release his income tax return records. He claimed an interest in doing so, but he cited

6006-513: Was that he would appoint a Democrat from one of the congressional districts in New Jersey, perhaps Congressmen Rob Andrews , Rush Holt , or Frank Pallone . Corzine, once he was Governor-Elect, said on November 11, 2005, that he was strongly considering appointing State Senator Nia Gill to fill his vacant seat in the United States Senate. Corzine said about Gill that she was "an extraordinarily capable woman". Gill for her part told

6084-548: Was the chief sponsor, along with U.S. Senator Sam Brownback , of the Darfur Accountability Act . He was one of 23 Senators to vote against the Iraq War Resolution . Corzine was the prime sponsor, along with fellow New Jersey U.S. Senator Frank Lautenberg , of a federal version of John's Law, in memory of Navy Ensign John R. Elliott (a native of New Jersey), a U.S. Naval Academy graduate who

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