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New York State is now accepting applications from companies to design its controversial multi-billion-dollar renovation of Penn Station and the surrounding area, Gov. Kathy Hochul said Thursday. “This new plan will make the entire Penn area a place where people want to be,” Hochul said at a news conference with Mayor Eric Adams and NJ … Read More “New York is starting to accept bids for Penn Station renewal” »
NEW YORK – Penn Station, Big Apple’s iconic eye ulcer, is being renovated. New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy met with Mayor Eric Adams and others Thursday morning to announce redesign plans, CBS2’s Dave Carlin reported. The redesign that is promised is shown in a smooth state government video. People … Read More “Governor Kathy Hochul on new plans to renovate Penn Station: “Our citizens deserve better”” »
NEW YORK – It’s the primary day. There are elections in seven states. Races are being closely monitored because they will set the stage for the US House of Representatives and Senate race this fall. CBS2’s Alice Gainer has several from New Jersey where there has been a push to get people out to vote … Read More “Early results in New Jersey’s primary election to the US House of Representatives” »
It was like a scene from “The Sopranos”. New Jersey gangster Manny “Guitarbarr” Rodriguez beat a man who owed him money at a restaurant in Newark in 1995, with the intent of delivering a message about the consequences of not paying. The “ultra-violent” enforcer, nightclub owner and loan shark at the ports of New Jersey … Read More “The struggle to keep mafia wise men away from the NY-NJ harbor” »
Pot so fast. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he may try to put the kibosh on off-duty police officers in the state smoking marijuana when recreational weed sales begin there Thursday. Murphy floated the notion of a possible ban to reporters Monday, adding that he’d be open to a legislative solution to bring about … Read More “Phil Murphy says he’s ‘open’ to banning off-duty cops from using marijuana” »
Pot so fast. New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy says he may try to put the kibosh on off-duty police officers in the state smoking marijuana when recreational weed sales begin there Thursday. Murphy floated the notion of a possible ban to reporters Monday, adding that he’d be open to a legislative solution to bring about … Read More “Phil Murphy says he’s ‘open’ to banning off-duty cops from using marijuana” »
TRENTON, NJ – Gov. Phil Murphy is again hinting that recreational marijuana sales are right around the corner in New Jersey. He was asked about the issue during a radio appearance on Sunday. “Medical dispensaries being allowed to sell retail, a matter of weeks. Stand-alone retail, my gut tells me a couple of months,” Murphy … Read More “Gov. Murphy on when stand-alone recreational marijuana sales will begin in NJ: “My gut tells me a couple of months”” »
This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. Legislative sources say New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is negotiating a deal on health care coverage for undocumented New Yorkers, but she has a vastly different cost estimate for the program, which … Read More “How Much Would It Cost New York to Insure Low-Income Undocumented People? Documented” »
This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. Iryna Plaskon, her husband Andriy, and their two young daughters were among the first of what is expected to be tens of thousands of displaced Ukrainians soon arriving in the US The … Read More “Ukrainians on Starting New Lives in NYCDocumented” »
This summary was featured in Documented’s Early Arrival newsletter. You can subscribe to receive it in your inbox three times per week here. New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs has fully disbursed its initial $ 625 million of federal Emergency Rental Assistance funds to renters impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Beneficiaries included 67,880 households who … Read More “NJ Disbursed All $ 625 Million of Federal Emergency Rental AssistanceDocumented” »
