What to Know
- Woman leading protests against influential, unelected Democratic powerbroker has been removed by NJ State Police from hearing on tax breaks
- Troopers removed Sue Altman, director of New Jersey Working Families, during Monday’s Senate hearing in Trenton featuring George Norcross
- Altman helped organize protests against Norcross, an insurance and hospital executive at center of Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s probe
A woman who was leading protests against an influential, unelected Democratic powerbroker has been removed by New Jersey State Police from a hearing on tax breaks.
Troopers removed Sue Altman, director of New Jersey Working Families, during Monday’s Senate hearing in Trenton featuring George Norcross.
Altman helped organize protests against Norcross, an insurance and hospital executive, who is at the center of Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy’s tax break probe.
After some people booed and others seemed to applaud, Democratic state Sen. Bob Smith directed troopers remove those disrupting the hearing. Altman was then dragged out of the hearing over protests from allies.
Norcross denies wrongdoing and says he’s working to help Camden, one of the state’s poorest cities.
Tax breaks established during former Gov, Chris Christie’s administration expired in July.
