The region is home to the largest concentration of online shoppers in the country. The facilities, key to delivering packages on time, are reshaping neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
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Future of Agency Created to Keep Mob Off Docks Now Up to Supreme Court
By Gotham Rex on March 14, 2022
New Jersey wants to dissolve a product of the “On the Waterfront” era. New York wants the country’s highest court to keep the bistate commission alive. Source: New York Times
New Jersey Freight Firm Aids Ukrainian Civilians Facing War
By Gotham Rex on March 11, 2022
After Russia’s invasion, Meest-America, which specializes in shipping goods to Eastern Europe, shifted to a singular focus. Source: New York Times
Gov. Murphy Tones Down Liberal Message in Bid for Suburban Voters
By Gotham Rex on March 10, 2022
In the first budget address of his second term, Gov. Philip Murphy responded to New Jersey voters’ discontent at a time of surging gas costs and high taxes. Source: New York Times
New York City public school children head to their first day of class without masks.
By Gotham Rex on March 7, 2022
Source: New York Times
New York City public-school children head to their first day of class without masks.
By Gotham Rex on March 7, 2022
Source: New York Times
The 2 Political Operatives at the Center of a New Jersey Murder Mystery
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2022
As Sean Caddle has now admitted, sinister plots were more than just idle fantasy to him. Source: New York Times
Two Teenagers Were Fighting. Only the Black One Was Handcuffed.
By Gotham Rex on February 17, 2022
A video of the fight at a New Jersey mall circulated widely online. Gov. Philip D. Murphy said the appearance of “racially disparate treatment” was “deeply, deeply disturbing.” Source: New York Times
After an Unexpected Rise, Hochul Cements Her Front-Runner Status
By Gotham Rex on February 17, 2022
Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will become the state Democrats’ standard-bearer today, was not a sure bet when she replaced Andrew Cuomo last summer. Source: New York Times
Can This Family Get a Stake in the Big Business of Marijuana?
By Gotham Rex on February 16, 2022
New Jersey’s cannabis law was partly designed to remedy wrongs in a criminal justice system that disproportionately ensnares Black and Latino people. But the hurdles for small-business owners are high. Source: New York Times
Connecticut to End Statewide School Mask Mandate
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2022
As new Covid cases continue to recede, states are taking a closer look at their pandemic restrictions. Source: New York Times
Ending the School Mask Mandate in N.J. and Studying Wastewater in N.Y.
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2022
Gov. Philip Murphy is expected to allow school districts to permit students and teachers to go without masks. Source: New York Times
School Mask Mandate to Be Lifted in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on February 7, 2022
For the first time since the start of the pandemic, New Jersey districts will be permitted to allow students and teachers to stop wearing masks. Source: New York Times
An ‘Eerily Similar’ Murder-for-Hire
By Gotham Rex on February 1, 2022
New revelations about a killing in 2014 have prompted questions from the son of a New Jersey couple found dead in their home that year. Source: New York Times
Plea in Murder-for-Hire Plot Revives Questions About 2 Unsolved Deaths
By Gotham Rex on January 31, 2022
The son of a New Jersey couple found dead in 2014 cites “eerily similar” circumstances in new revelations about a killing that year. Source: New York Times