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Democrats passed a budget that left the aid intact but cut more than $1 million for oversight. In response, Gov. Chris Christie cut $139 million, leaving $10 million to help municipalities with extraordinary hardships like Trenton, Camden and Asbury Park.
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack's city-issued Ford Expedition was towed after it was parked in a tow-away zone. The vehicle is equipped with mayor license plates and a police light.
New Jersey's bill would stop automatic payroll deductions of union dues from public employees' paychecks. Assembly Speaker Sheila Oliver says the legislation is "dead on arrival" in the lower house.
Spokesman Marc LaVorgna said the mayor plans to preside over the wedding of John Feinblatt, Bloomberg's chief policy adviser, and Department of Consumer Affairs Commissioner Jonathan Mintz.
People living near the Oyster Creek Nuclear Generating Station packed a public hearing on its future Thursday, dismissing environmental concerns as "pseudoscience" and focusing on the jobs and tax revenues the plant provides.
A New Jersey lawmaker's comments about Gov. Chris Christie are drawing a lot criticism. State Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he wanted to quote: "punch the governor in the head" for cutting the budget. On Thursday he explained why.
Assemblyman David Weprin will compete for the 9th district Congressional seat in a special election on September 13.
New York City officials announced Wednesday they would open their clerks' offices in all five boroughs for a full day July 24, saying gay couples should not be made to wait one day longer to wed.
Last month's gay marriage vote in New York has opened up a war between Brooklyn's bishop and state lawmakers.
The Transportation Safety Administration is now warning international and domestic airlines traveling to the United States to be on the lookout for these new suicide bombers and to ramp up security.
New Jersey's struggling municipalities are out $139 million in state aid that was promised -- and in some cases awarded -- before Gov. Chris Christie vetoed the appropriation in this year's budget.
A jury has returned a mixed verdict in the case of a northern New Jersey mayor caught up in the state's largest public corruption case.
The Eliot Spitzer experiment is over at CNN. The network reshuffled its prime-time schedule on Wednesday, canceling the former New York governor's 8 p.m. show, "In the Arena.''
Senate President Stephen Sweeney said he was upset after Gov. Chris Christie cut money from programs and services for the poor, elderly and disabled.
The woman is accusing the Post of libel. It stems from stories the Post ran labeling her a "hooker," "prostitute" and saying she "traded sex for money." Meanwhile, a French writer launched a rape complaint against Strauss-Kahn in his home country.
