Sundiata Acoli, who has dementia, will be freed to live with his daughter in Brooklyn after serving 49 years for the death of Trooper Werner Foerster. Source: New York Times
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What an Unvaccinated Sergeant Who Nearly Died of Covid-19 Wants You to Know
By Gotham Rex on April 26, 2022
Frank Talarico, a 47-year-old police sergeant, was hospitalized for 49 days with the coronavirus. “If I was vaccinated,” he said, “I have to think I wouldn’t have gotten as sick as I did.” Source: New York Times
A New Day Dawns for Marijuana in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on April 22, 2022
“I’m very picky when it comes to my weed,” said a customer at a Paterson dispensary on the first day of legal recreational marijuana sales in the state. Source: New York Times
N.J. Legal Marijuana Sales Begin With Early Lines and Free Food
By Gotham Rex on April 21, 2022
Recreational cannabis customers in the state can now legally buy up to an ounce of marijuana per sale. Source: New York Times
What Happens When New York’s Covid Alert Level Moves to Medium Risk?
By Gotham Rex on April 20, 2022
The city will reach a yellow or medium risk level if new cases surpass 200 a week for every 100,000 residents. Here’s what that would mean. Source: New York Times
Supreme Court Won’t Hear Case on Limit to State and Local Tax Deductions
By Gotham Rex on April 18, 2022
New York and three other states had argued that the so-called SALT cap imposed as part of a sweeping tax law in 2017 infringed on their sovereignty. Source: New York Times
New Jersey Republican Stronghold Has State’s Worst Virus Death Rate
By Gotham Rex on April 10, 2022
Ocean County, a predominantly white and middle-class community in central New Jersey, also has low vaccination rates. Source: New York Times
New Jersey Sticking With Full-Serve Gas
By Gotham Rex on March 31, 2022
A brief but intense push to change a law that forbids self-service gas stations stalled before it even revved up. Source: New York Times
Is a Gas Tax Holiday on the Agenda in Albany?
By Gotham Rex on March 31, 2022
Giving drivers a break from gas taxes is good politics. But leaders debate whether it’s good policy. Source: New York Times
Supreme Court Stops New Jersey From Dissolving Watchdog Agency
By Gotham Rex on March 24, 2022
New York officials object to their neighbor’s move to eliminate an agency that was created to keep organized crime off the local docks. Source: New York Times
He’s Been a Killer and a Mob Associate. Is He a Hit Man?
By Gotham Rex on March 24, 2022
George Bratsenis appears in a New Jersey court today to enter a plea in a murder-for-hire case. Source: New York Times
How a 73-Year-Old Man Ended Up in a NJ Political Scandal
By Gotham Rex on March 23, 2022
George Bratsenis, a career criminal, is implicated in a plot that could grow into New Jersey’s next big public corruption scandal. Source: New York Times
Utility Bills Piled Up During the Pandemic. Will Shut-offs Follow?
By Gotham Rex on March 19, 2022
Moratoriums have expired on turning off utilities for customers who have failed to pay their bills, prompting fears that thousands could be left in the dark. Source: New York Times
Warehouses Transform N.Y.C. Neighborhoods as E-Commerce Booms
By Gotham Rex on March 16, 2022
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
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