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- 1 2 "Happy Birthday to Steve Perskie, 21 years younger than Frank Lautenberg", www.politickernj.com, January 10, 2008.
- ↑ Wittkowski, Donald. "Perskie says government could have done more during 30 years of gambling", The Press of Atlantic City , September 23, 2009. Accessed October 29, 2009. "'I think government collectively, in retrospect, didn't do what it could have done,' said Perskie, who authored the New Jersey Casino Control Act when he was a state assemblyman in the 1970s and now serves as a Superior Court judge."
- ↑ "Casino Control: Setting the Bar" Archived 2012-02-17 at the Wayback Machine , Global Gaming Business, Vol. 7 No. 5, May 2008. "Perskie, who would go on to serve as perhaps the most influential head of the Casino Control Commission during the 1990s, says he actually drafted and published what would become the Casino Control Act before the 1976 election, so voters would get a complete picture of what the casinos would look like."
- ↑ Waldron, Martin. "Income Tax Fails as Issue in Legislative Primaries; Dugan and Mrs. Ammond Defeated in Senate Races", The New York Times , June 9, 1977.
- 1 2 3 Sullivan, Joseph L. "Politics; 2 longtime allies squaring off", The New York Times , September 27, 1981.
- ↑ Narvaez, Alfonso. "Easy Triumph by Governor Helps Democrats Keep Trenton Control", The New York Times , November 9, 1977.
- ↑ "Totals for vote in elections in city, suburbs and nearby states; key to symbols", The New York Times , November 5, 1981.
- ↑ Stephen P. Perskie, New Jersey Casino Control Commission website, accessed February 17, 2014.
- ↑ "Casino panel's chief steps down", The Philadelphia Inquirer , March 30, 1994.
- ↑ "State Supreme Court censures retired Atlantic County Judge Steven Perskie for ethics violations", The Press of Atlantic City , August 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Former Superior Court Judge Steven Perskie joins Linwood law firm", The Press of Atlantic City , February 1, 2010.
- ↑ "Perskie, key player in NJ politics for four decades, named to Gaming Hall of Fame", New Jersey Globe , September 27, 2018.
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- ↑ Metz, Robert. "Market Place; Is the Die Cast on Resorts International?", The New York Times , October 22, 1976. Accessed July 22, 2013. "They are Marvin D. Perskie of Avalon, the uncle of Assemblyman Steven P. Perskie of Atlantic City, and Patrick T. McGahn of Atlantic City, the brother of State Senator Joseph L. McGahn of Absecon."