The Fresh Perspective

Every day, residents of LD12 struggle with the high cost of living and overburdened infrastructure. Whether it is the price of groceries, bumper-to-bumper traffic, soaring taxes, or unaffordable utility bills, the challenges are real and growing.

These are more than just minor setbacks - they are holding us back from building a better future for our families and our communities.

Here’s my plan:

✔️ Support our local businesses by reducing red-tape and reforming zoning laws.

✔️ Give our communities a voice that’s truly heard.

✔️ Reduce taxes for child care providers to keep child care affordable.

✔️ Negotiate a square-deal with the utility companies by holding them accountable.

✔️ Supporting smaller, local food providers.

This is boots-on-the-ground, hands-on work. I’ll fight to build a district where families can find stability, opportunity, and success.

– Freshta Taeb
A Fresh Perspective. A Better Economy.

Our schools in LD12 are facing severe budget cuts, forcing closures and hurting our children’s education. No school is being spared, with Jackson alone facing a $12 million shortfall. We cannot sacrifice our children’s development and well-being, so we must secure more resources to support our students and ease the burden on local communities.

I’m Freshta Taeb, a parent and teacher running for State Assembly to protect our families and save our schools.

My Plan

✔️Invest in Education by restoring funding to schools.

✔️Fix the School Funding Formula so it can cover our children’s needs.

✔️Enhance Student Learning by upgrading old infrastructure and promoting programs that improve education.

✔️Hold Districts Accountable by supporting legislation requiring greater transparency, to ensure against future cuts and waste.

We must protect our children and their future. No student in LD12 should receive an underfunded education. Together, we will create schools that fully serve all of our students.

– Freshta Taeb

A Fresh Perspective, A Better Education.

New Jersey is home to over 300,000 veterans. Despite their ultimate sacrifice, they are too often treated with little dignity or respect. Many are left to navigate a complex system of benefits on their own and struggle to find real support. The help they do receive is often far too little.

I’m Freshta Taeb, and I’m running for State Assembly to stand with our veterans and ensure they receive the dignity they deserve.

That’s why I’m fighting to:

✔️Simplify the process for healthcare enrollment for Veterans.

✔️Reduce the wait times of Veterans clinics and hospitals.

✔️Expand qualifications for tax exemptions.

✔️ Increase financial relief for Veterans.

Veterans have fought for our freedoms- it’s time we fight for them. It’s not just about the fight overseas- it’s also about having a better life back home.

Let’s build a New Jersey that veterans are proud to call home.

– Freshta Taeb
A Fresh Perspective. A Home Worth Fighting For.

New Jersey’s healthcare system is broken—and working families are paying the price. From sky-high co-pays and surprise bills to long waits and mental health care shortages. Many of us are forced to delay care or fight with insurance companies just to get what we need.

In LD12, seniors, families, and young people are being squeezed from every side—by understaffed hospitals, rising out-of-pocket costs, and insurance copays that put profits before people.

I’m Freshta Taeb, and I believe healthcare should be affordable, accessible, and centered on patients, not paperwork.

Here’s what I’ll fight for:
✔️ Ban surprise medical bills and eliminate junk fees for essential care.

✔️ Expand mental health access through school-based care and more providers.

✔️ Invest in nursing education to address the workforce shortage.

✔️ Cut insurance red tape—like unnecessary prior authorizations.

✔️ Increase transparency of insurance claims and medical costs.

✔️ Hold big pharmaceutical companies accountable for driving up costs.

No more delays. No more denials. Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege—no matter your income, background, or ZIP code.

– Freshta Taeb
A Fresh Perspective. A Healthy Future.

LD12 is being choked by unchecked development, which pollutes our waterways, congests traffic, and steals farmland from our communities. Our communities are being cut out of the conversation, and our families are left with flood-prone streets, skyrocketing utility bills, and worse. I will stand strong alongside residents in LD12 to make sure that communities have a seat at the table.

Here’s my plan: 

✔️ Support our communities when they fight back against new development.

✔️ Cut back on warehouse expansion.

✔️ Require complete transparency of development plans.

✔️ Protect farmland and open space through farmland preservation programs.

✔️ Preserve our historic sites from destruction by developers.

This is about protecting our communities and showing New Jersey that LD12 stands strong in the face of expansion by outside business interests. We need growth that strengthens our communities and supports our farmers if we hope to retain our title as "The Garden State"

– Freshta Taeb
A Fresh Perspective. A Cleaner LD-12.

From underpaid farmworkers to misclassified gig drivers to nurses and educators forced to strike for fair treatment—our labor system needs real change.

I’m Freshta Taeb, and I believe every worker deserves dignity, a livable wage, and a voice on the job.

That’s why I’m fighting to:

✔️ Strengthen union rights and bargaining power

✔️ End the exploitation of gig workers by reclassifying them as employees

✔️ Raise wages and extend protections for all workers including farmworkers and tipped staff

✔️ Crack down on wage theft and employer abuse

✔️ Ensure workers have access to quality healthcare and the pension they earned

Workers power our economy. It’s time our laws caught up. I stand with labor, not just in words, but in action.

Let’s build a New Jersey where no one has to strike just to survive.

– Freshta Taeb
A Fresh Perspective. A Fairer Future.