Sponsored by:
Senator PAUL A. SARLO
District 36 (Bergen and Passaic)
Senator JOSEPH M. KYRILLOS, JR.
District 13 (Monmouth)
SYNOPSIS
Urges Italian government to keep open its Newark, NJ consulate.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
A Senate Resolution urging the Italian government to keep open its consulate in Newark, New Jersey.
Whereas, The Italian government is planning to close its Newark consulate for administrative and economic reasons; and
Whereas, The Newark consulate serves 4,000 people a year, helping to process visas, passports and other document, as well as assisting visiting Italians with medical and non-medical emergency matters; and
Whereas, A smaller vice consulate in Trenton will remain open but with limited services, forcing people to go to the next closest office in New York City or Philadelphia for expanded services; and
Whereas, New Jersey has the nation’s fourth-highest number of Italian-Americans and second-highest number of Italian immigrants; and
Whereas, It is fitting and proper that this House calls on the Italian government to keep open the Newark consulate so that it may continue to serve the needs of the many Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans residing in this State; now, therefore,
Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of New Jersey:
1. This House urges the Italian government to keep open its consulate in the city of Newark, New Jersey.
2. Duly authenticated copies of this resolution, signed by the President of the Senate and attested by the Secretary thereof, shall be transmitted to the Italian Ambassador to the United States, the Italian Ambassador to the United Nations, the Minister of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the United States Department of State.
STATEMENT
This House urges the Italian government to keep open its consulate in the city of Newark so that it may continue to serve the needs of the many Italian immigrants and Italian-Americans residing in this State. New Jersey has the nation’s fourth-highest number of Italian-Americans and second-highest number of Italian immigrants. The consulate serves 4,000 people a year, helping to process visas, passports and other documents, as well as assisting visiting Italians with medical and non-medical emergency matters. A smaller vice consulate in Trenton will remain open, but with limited services. People will have to go to the next closest office in New York City or Philadelphia for expanded services.