José F. Sosa Explained

José F. Sosa
State Assembly:	New Jersey
District:	7th
Term Start:	January 14, 1992
Term End:	January 11, 1994
Predecessor:	Jack Casey Barbara Kalik
Successor:	Steven M. Petrillo George E. Williams
Birth Date:	25 December 1950
Birth Place:	San Juan, Puerto Rico
Party:	Republican

José F. Sosa (born December 25, 1950) is an American Republican Party politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 7th Legislative District from 1992 to 1994.^[1] ^[2] Sosa was the state's second Hispanic legislator, after Bob Menendez.

Sosa had served on the Mount Holly Township Council and as the township's mayor.

Together with Frank Catania, Sosa was one of the major sponsors of a measure that reduced the state sales tax from 7% to 6%, a measure that reduced taxation on residents by $600 million, as part of the Republican effort to roll back the $2.8 billion in tax increases that had been made by the Democratic-controlled legislature under Governor James Florio.^[3]

He has been a resident of Westampton, New Jersey.^[4]

Notes and References

Web site: Gray . Jerry . A Legislature With a Less Urban Tone . . November 14, 1991 . December 20, 2017.
Web site: Asbury Park Press from Asbury Park, New Jersey on December 11, 1991 · Page 3 . Newspapers.com . December 11, 1991 . December 20, 2017.
King, Wayne. "Moving to Cut Sales Tax, Trenton Republicans Seek Other Money", The New York Times, February 4, 1992. Accessed December 21, 2017. "As expected, the Republicans introduced legislation today to roll the 7 percent sales tax back to 6 percent, but they refused to say how they would replace the estimated $608 million in revenue that would be lost.... Beyond that, neither Mr. Haytaian nor either of the tax rollback bill's two major sponsors, Frank Catania of Hawthorne, the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, and Assemblyman Jose F. Sosa of Passaic, provided any specifics about how the money would be made up through spending cuts."
Sosa, José F. "Commentary: Mayor is disrespectful and defensive", Courier-Post, April 19, 2016. Accessed December 21, 2017. "José F. Sosa served as councilman and mayor in Mount Holly, and later served in the Assembly. He lives in Westampton."