Article: STUDY SOUGHT ON GROUP HOMES

JOHN CHADWICK, Staff Writer
The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
12-29-1998
STUDY SOUGHT ON GROUP HOMES -- ZECKER PROPOSAL FOLLOWS FUROR
By JOHN CHADWICK, Staff Writer
Date: 12-29-1998, Tuesday
Section: NEWS
Edition: 2 Star P, Also in 2 Star B, 1 Star Early

CLIFTON -- In the wake of a public backlash against the unannounced placement
of group homes in the city, Assemblyman Gerald Zecker is seeking to
create a state task force to study the housing of the mentally disabled.

Zecker, R-Clifton, said he wants to explore whether the state or
the community can become more involved in deciding where group homes
should be located without violating the federal guarantees of housing
rights for the disabled.

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