Before resigning his seat, the Assemblyman introduced a controversial piece of legislation, Assembly Bill 2877 which would have reduced drug-free school and public property zones from 1,000 to 200 feet. This bill was introduced in response to [http://sentencing.nj.gov/dfz_report_flashpaper.html a report issued by a blue-ribbon panel, the New Jersey Commission to Review Criminal Sentencing, which strongly argued that the current drug-free school zone laws do not serve as the deterrent that they were purported to be. While this legislation remains the subject of some debate, it has received praise from the editorial page of "The Star-Ledger" New Jersey's largest newspaper. In addition, this report and subsequent legislation generated national attention and was reported in a variety of national daily newspapers.