Phil Murphy on Technology

	Phil Murphy on Technology

Establish NJ as the home-base for AI-powered game-changers

Here in New Jersey, we are announcing an AI Moonshot. With New Jersey's AI Moonshot, our mission is for our state's top minds to pioneer a series of AI-powered breakthroughs, over the next decade, that will change the lives of billions for the better. Our state government will be a catalyst for bringing together innovators and leaders to invest in research and development, and ultimately, establish New Jersey as the home-base for AI-powered game-changers. Source: 2024 State of the State Address to the N.J. legislature , Jan 9, 2024

Joint venture with Israel for technological R&D

Murphy, Daniel Chamovitz of Ben-Gurion University, and Joel S. Bloom of New Jersey Institute of Technology, recently announced the creation of a world-class Institute for Future Technologies at NJIT. Gov. Murphy said, "By joining together in this groundbreaking venture, NJIT and BGU will combine their expertise and track records in technological research and development to help strengthen the economic opportunity and tech leadership that I have long envisioned for our state." Source: BusinessFacilities.com on 2021 New Jersey Gubernatorial race , Apr 16, 2021

We're closing the digital divide for schoolchildren

The digital divide was real long before COVID hit our state. In 2021, no child should be denied access to all the educational opportunities of the online world. An estimated 230,000-plus students -- almost entirely from disadvantaged households--lacked either the laptops or internet accessibility, or both, for remote learning. So we got to work closing that digital divide, and, today, 95% of those students have the tools they need, and we're close to getting the outstanding gap to zero. Source: 2021 State of the State Address to New Jersey legislature , Jan 12, 2021

Transit system must know where it's going

I look forward to our continued partnership to fix NJ TRANSIT. At the end of the day, we still must answer to the commuter whose train was cancelled, or whose bus is over capacity. And, I won't be happy until we bat 1.000. If a transit system doesn't know where it's going, it's never going to get there. That's what our strategic and capital plans will change. Source: 2020 New Jersey State of the State address , Jan 14, 2020

Share congestion pricing revenue between NYC and NJ

New Jersey drivers are used to heavy traffic getting into Manhattan but "congestion pricing" is something different, and potentially even more aggravating. State lawmakers in New York approved a first-in-the-nation plan that will impose fees on drivers entering Manhattan south of 61st Street, possibly starting in 2021.

Under the plan, drivers using the Lincoln Tunnel and Holland Tunnel would receive a credit based on what they pay in tolls. However, no break would be offered to motorists taking the George Washington Bridge, as noted by Gov. Phil Murphy in a letter to N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Murphy, in his letter to Cuomo, asked Cuomo to consider sharing some of the revenue with NJ Transit and PATH. According to AAA Northeast, which opposes the plan, 80% of the revenues will go toward the subways. The Long Island and Metro-north railroads each would get 10 percent [while NJ transit would get none]. Cuomo had not publicly responded as of Monday afternoon.

Source: Newark Star-Ledger on 2017 New Jersey gubernatorial race , Apr 2, 2019

Invest to restore NJ's place as leader in innovation economy

Before there was Silicon Valley, there was New Jersey. Phil will restore our place as a leader in the innovation economy by:

Rebuilding our cities through critical investments in transportation infrastructure to take full advantage of our state's geography to attract workers and get new advancements to market;
Re-investing in our institutions of higher education and community colleges to make them affordable;
Providing student loan relief for STEM employees and incentivizing employer matches;
Developing a STEM-oriented K-12 curriculum and expanding alternative pathways to success, including apprenticeship programs and vocational training; and
Expanding small business incubators to incentivize new businesses to start here in New Jersey.

Source: 2017 N.J. gubernatorial campaign website, Murphy4NJ.com , Jun 6, 2017

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