Legislative leaders are promoting some of the strictest firearms rules in the country, a response to the Supreme Court ruling that overturned a New York law barring most people from carrying guns in public. Source: New York Times
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‘Redlining Is Racist’: $12 Million Settlement Ends Lending Inquiry
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2022
Lakeland Bank in New Jersey admitted no wrongdoing, but agreed to set up a $12 million homeownership fund and open two new branches in minority neighborhoods. Source: New York Times
14 Guards at New Jersey Women’s Prison Are Indicted Over Beatings in 2021 Raid
By Gotham Rex on September 28, 2022
The guards entered the women’s cells to forcibly remove them. One woman was punched almost 30 times. Source: New York Times
A $52 Billion Proposal Aims to Protect New York Harbor From Storm Surges
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2022
The proposal for 12 movable sea barriers across waterways like Jamaica Bay replaces a disputed plan for a single, larger outer-harbor wall. Source: New York Times
Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2022
A Democrat, he had successes on gun control, the environment and property-tax relief, but after raising income and sales taxes, he lost a bid for re-election. Source: New York Times
Sex Abuse Victims Plead to Keep Doctor’s Conviction Despite His Suicide
By Gotham Rex on September 14, 2022
Ricardo Cruciani killed himself at Rikers. His victims asked a judge to maintain his conviction all the same. Source: New York Times
4 Dead in New Jersey Van Crash
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2022
The vehicle overturned on Palisades Interstate Parkway in Englewood Cliffs, N.J., early Friday. In addition to the deaths, 8 were injured. Source: New York Times
Sex Ed Emerges as Core Issue for N.J. Republicans as Midterms Approach
By Gotham Rex on September 2, 2022
New education standards that touch on gender identity have caused a stir in New Jersey. Some Republicans are trying to keep the conversation alive. Source: New York Times
Man Gets 3 Years in Scheme to Sell Bogus Tom Brady Super Bowl Rings
By Gotham Rex on August 30, 2022
A New Jersey man cheated an unidentified Patriots player out of his championship ring and then posed as him to order three more engraved with Tom Brady’s last name, federal prosecutors said. Source: New York Times
Suspect in Rushdie Attack Loses His Mother’s Support
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2022
Hadi Matar, 24, kept to himself and was changed by a 2018 trip to the Middle East. Source: New York Times
A Construction-Themed Amusement Park Answers the Question, ‘Can You Dig It?’
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2022
At Diggerland U.S.A., children can experience the pleasures of heavy equipment firsthand. (Adults like it, too.) Source: New York Times
One of the Oldest Rodeos in America Is in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on August 16, 2022
The country’s longest-running weekly rodeo can be found in the Garden State. That’s not as strange as it sounds. Source: New York Times
New Jersey Man Gets 5 Years in Prison in GoFundMe Fraud Case
By Gotham Rex on August 7, 2022
Prosecutors said Mark D’Amico and his then-girlfriend made up a heartwarming tale of a homeless man to help raise more than $400,000. Source: New York Times
This Political Neophyte Is a Lock for Congress. His Name Helps.
By Gotham Rex on July 19, 2022
Rob Menendez Jr., 37, is running his first race for office for a New Jersey congressional seat that his father, Senator Bob Menendez, once held. Source: New York Times
Medieval Times Employees Vote to Unionize in New Jersey
By Gotham Rex on July 16, 2022
The horsemen, courtiers, stablehands and other performers at ye olde New Jersey tourist attraction formed a new kind of medieval guild when they voted to unionize. Source: New York Times