Senators Request Records in a $53M Settlement Over Veterans’ Deaths
Republican senators want Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration to turn over records related to a $53 million settlement with the families of 119 veterans who died at state-run homes during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.
State Sens. Steven Oroho, R-Sussex, and Joe Pennacchio, R- Montville, filed requests for records under the Open Public Records Act (OPRA) with the Governor’s Office, Department of Health, Department of Military and Veterans Affairs, and Department of Law & Public Safety.
“We’ve filed a request for public records related to the $53 million that apparently will be paid by New Jersey taxpayers to settle claims of negligence and incompetence made against the Murphy administration for deaths in State-run veterans homes,” Oroho, the incoming Republican leader, said in a statement.
