Christie Nominates Republican NJ State Senator for Port Authority Board
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has nominated district 40 state Senator Kevin O’Toole (R-40) for a board position at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. O’Toole’s nomination will now...
View ArticleFeds Seek Probation for Bridgegate Mastermind Wildstein
Federal prosecutors are asking for probation rather than prison time for David Wildstein, the self-admitted mastermind of the 2013 scheme to close New Jersey access lanes to the George Washington...
View ArticlePort Authority Removes Saudi Arabia ‘Candy Flag’ Statue on Ground Zero After...
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will remove an art installation featuring a nine-foot tall statue of Saudi Arabia’s flag from the World Trade Center campus. “We have been in contact with...
View ArticleSupreme Court May Use Bridgegate to Slam Prosecutorial Targeting Again
The United States Supreme Court has created hope that justice will prevail over the public’s blood lust that someone—anyone—must suffer for Bridgegate, even if it is not former Governor Chris...
View ArticleSix New York Artists Are Creating Installations for La Guardia’s New Terminal
Ask any grizzled New Yorker who’s traveled via La Guardia lately: despite all expectations and in defiance of years (nay, decades) of unpleasant lighting, cramped carousels and your standard airport...
View ArticleBaroni and Kelly File Appeals to Bridgegate Convictions
Bridget Kelly and Bill Baroni — the former Gov. Chris Christie associates sentenced to prison for their role in the Bridgegate scandal — filed their first briefs Friday in appellate court as they try...
View ArticleNJ Lawmakers Send Expungement Overhaul Bills to Christie
New Jersey lawmakers passed a three-bill package Thursday to make it easier for criminal records to be expunged, sending the legislation to Gov. Chris Christie, who has pledged to sign the measures...
View ArticleSuspect in Custody After ‘Attempted Terrorist Attack’ Near Times Square
A 27-year-old man is in custody after he detonated a low-tech explosive device at the Port Authority Bus Terminal on Monday morning in what city officials called an “attempted terrorist attack.”...
View ArticleNJ Politics Digest: Christie, Murphy Bicker Over State Budget
The incoming and outgoing governors of New Jersey are squabbling over the state budget, with Governor-elect Phil Murphy warning of a massive budget hole and Gov. Chris Christie accusing Murphy of...
View ArticleNJ Politics Digest: Why the DEP Is Killing Popular Beach-Dwelling Foxes
The Department of Environmental Protection wants to put to rest rumors that its workers are poisoning the foxes that visitors and residents enjoy seeing in Brigantine. It’s shooting them instead. The...
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