Governor again says New Jersey will unilaterally leave the bi-state Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, despite New York's insistence that it cannot do so.
Gov. Phil Murphy, here in Port Newark in December, said Wednesday that the Waterfront Commission no longer makes sense, as the state seeks to withdraw from the bi-state watchdog agency.Gov. Phil Murphy reiterated Wednesday that the state would unilaterally leave the bi-state Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, calling it “a completely different world” from the days when the watchdog agency was created nearly 70 years ago.
However, Parimal Garg, Murphy’s chief counsel, told New York officials nothing was standing in the way of New Jersey withdrawing from the Waterfront Commission on its own. Created in response to the deep-rooted corruption of the mob on the docks, the Waterfront Commission conducts background checks of those seeking jobs there and has ultimate say over who may work on the piers and in the cargo terminals.
commission’s appeal in the case. Shortly after Murphy sent notice to Hochul that the state would withdraw from the commission on March 28, however, New York voiced its support of the agency as a key player in policing the region’s ports and in keeping out corruption and organized crime.
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