New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey signed the Abandoned Properties Rehabilitation Act earlier this month. The bill expands municipal power to address abandoned properties. Pat Morrissy, executive director of HANDS, and other members of the Housing and Community Development Network were asked to join the bill's sponsors and the mayors of Trenton and Irvington as the governor signed it.

"Now we need to put the bill to work," said Morrissy, a leading advocate for the legislation. "Orange County, NJ (where HANDS operates) will be the first laboratory for demonstrating its effectiveness.".........

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