Paul Sarlo

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Paul A. Sarlo (born August 31, 1968) is an American Democratic Party politician, who has been serving in the New Jersey State Senate since 2003, where he represents the 36th Legislative District. Sarlo is the Assistant Majority Leader of the Senate, a position held since 2004. He is the Chairman of the Legislative Oversight Committee, the Vice Chairman of the Law and Public Safety and Veterans' Affairs, and he also serves on the Judiciary Committee, along with the Budget & Appropriations Committee.

Sarlo was appointed as state senator when former District 36 Senator Garry Furnari, an attorney and mayor of Nutley was appointed to the New Jersey Superior Court.

Before his service as State Senator, Sarlo spent one term in the General Assembly, the lower house of the New Jersey Legislature, from 2002-2003. As an Assemblyman, he served as Vice Chairman of the Labor Committee and as a member of the Appropriations Committee. Additionally, he was a member of the Assembly Light Rail Panel and the Assembly Task Force on Fiscal Responsibility.

In the Assembly, Sarlo was the prime sponsor of the bill creating a $29 million grant to establish a statewide bio-terrorism response plan. He also sponsored legislation to restore the Office of Public Advocate and to provide benefits and incentives for members of volunteer fire departments and rescue squads. He has also taken leading roles on legislation related to the health and welfare of women and children.

Sarlo served five years on the Wood-Ridge Borough Council (1995-2000). Since 2000 the Senator has served as the Mayor of Wood-Ridge Borough. He has been the Borough Engineer Borough of Carlstadt since 1998.

Sarlo received both a B.S. and an M.S. from the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Civil Engineering.

He is Chief Engineer at Bishop-Sanzari Heavy Construction. Sarlo has overseen more than $150 million in projects and has worked with a skilled workforce of more than 200 men and women. His most recent project was the new Route 4 and Route 17 interchange in Paramus, which was completed two years ahead of schedule.

[edit] District 36

Each of the forty districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly. The other representatives from the 36th Legislative District are:

• Assemblyman Frederick Scalera, and
• Assemblyman Gary Schaer

[edit] External links

• Senator Sarlo's Page
• Senator Sarlo's Senate Website
• New Jersey Senate Democrats Website Biography
• New Jersey Voter Information Website 2003
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2005 (PDF)
• New Jersey Legislature financial disclosure form for 2004 (PDF)

New Jersey Senate

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