Seema dedicated her time as Ratepayer Advocate to educating consumers on energy and water conservation.

Keeping New Jersey on the cutting edge of environmental innovation, Seema helped set policies and goals that were not only cost effective, but also environmentally sound.

Open Space: Seema supports reauthorizing the Preservation Trust Fund to fund open space.

Making polluters pay: Seema supports expanding the powers of the Department of Environmental Protection to investigate and penalize polluters.

As New Jersey’s Public Advocate nominee, Seema launched an investigation into Assisted Living facilities that led to improved conditions for seniors and the disabled.

Seema led an effort to stop domestic violence and establish a system where culturally sensitive volunteers could be added to assist domestic violence victims in Asian American communities.

Nothing should stand in the way of a woman’s right to choose. That’s why Seema supports the bill requiring pharmacists to fill legal prescriptions regardless of their religious or moral beliefs.

As New Jersey’s Ratepayer Advocate, Seema argued against rate hikes proposed by public utilities.

As New Jersey’s Acting Public Advocate, Seema helped thousands of families navigate the bureaucratic maze of red tape in Trenton. She helped people with problems from getting a driver’s license to getting a tax refund.

Seema opposed a giant utility merger that would have caused rate hikes. Her efforts saved skilled jobs that would have been lost in the merger.

Property tax relief: Seema supports property tax rebates to all homeowners and tenants making $200,000 or less.

Relief for working families:
Paid family leave to care for loved ones
Prevailing wages and working wages for all workers
Expanded health insurance coverage
Pension protection and portability

Smoking Ban: Seema supports a ban on smoking in restaurants and casinos.

Mental Health Parity: Seema supports providing insurance for mental health conditions.

Stem Cell Research: Seema supports New Jersey’s investments to become an international leader in stem cell research and find new cures for diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, childhood Diabetes and more.

Seema supports a revised school aid formula to increase funding to suburban school districts.

Increased state and federal funding for special needs children.

Create tax incentives for businesses that provide childcare for working parents.

Fight gang violence by increasing the number of after school and community programs to give our young people safe alternatives to gangs.

Clean Elections: Taking campaigns out of the hands of the special interests and putting it back into the hands of voters, Seema became the first to qualify as a Clean Elections candidate. (Read more about clean elections here)

Seema supports the ban on dual office holding.

Seema supports tougher pay to play laws that would ban special interest contributions to all campaign accounts and at all levels.

The real fight for a state senator is the war on terror. So to make New Jersey even safer and better prepared, Seema supports increased aid for First Responders and state-of-the-art communications equipment. Seema opposes the war in Iraq and the troop surge.

Seema supports new technology that keeps track of high-risk sex offenders through a statewide GPS system.