[7][8] In the 1981 redistricting following the 1980 United States census, Adubato was shifted to the 28th Legislative District which consisted entirely of Irvington and portions of Newark's North and West wards.
[16] With a state income tax being implemented in 1976, Adubato argued that it was unfair for Bergen County, the state's wealthiest, to get as much as Essex County as part of the bills revenue sharing provisions, insisting that a greater share of the revenue should go to New Jersey's cities, which suffer most from the impacts of unemployment.
[17] In April 1977, Adubato introduced a bill, co-sponsored by 45 of the 80 Assembly members, that would put a referendum on the ballot asking voters to approve a school voucher plan under which parents would receive a voucher that could be used at any school of their choice, public or private, in an amount equal to the amount the state spends per pupil on education.
[18] Federal District Court judge Henry Curtis Meanor issued a February 1978 ruling that struck down the law, which permitted parents to deduct from their gross income up to $1,000 of tuition paid for each child attending a non-public school, the only such program in any U.S. state where income tax was assessed.
Under the terms of the bill signed by Governor of New Jersey Thomas Kean after being vetoed twice by his predecessor Brendan Byrne, these motorists would be covered by the Joint Underwriting Association starting in January 1984.