Under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed Monday, New Jerseyans who volunteered at Ground Zero are now eligible for accidental disability pension coverage – a benefit long denied to them.

Compensation was up for 14 counties in the state year-over-year, while 12 reported increases in employment, according to data from the U.S. Department of Labor.

New rules signed into law this year require proof that workers are participating in, or have completed, an apprenticeship program recognized by the federal government.

The economic development organization is slated to tour the country in July with the heads of several New Jersey businesses.

Citing a lack of transparency in the second-hand market, a new website would track how the state's incentives are transferred among companies.

The governor said the items – the majority of which were originally earmarked for county and municipal projects – will be put on hold until the state finds the revenue for them.

“Evan’s experience creating effective and lucrative partnerships between public and private entities as well as his expertise in tax incentives, and opportunity zones will serve New Jersey well as we move into the next phase of economic development,” Gov. Phil Murphy said in a statement.

“I’m not going to say ‘hell no’ to anything right now,” the governor said at the signing of the Jake Honig Compassionate Use Medical Cannabis Act in Freehold. “I’m not a fan of it, historically, because again we leave the business in the hands of the wrong people.”

“Based on the...decision to hear the case, Baroni respectfully moves for immediate release on bail from the sentence he is currently serving...” the former Port Authority of New York & New Jersey deputy executive director's attorneys wrote in a brief filed Monday with U.S. District Judge Susan Wigenton.

The uptick begins in New Jersey on July 1 under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed in February to increase the statewide hourly rate to $15 an hour by 2024.

New Jersey’s two major economic incentive programs both expired at midnight, including the multibillion-dollar corporate tax break program that has fallen under intense scrutiny by the Murphy administration.

The governor signed a $38.7 billion spending plan for the coming fiscal year, although it lacks his sought-after millionaire’s tax, cuts $48.5 million of spending desired by the Legislature, and puts another $230 million lawmakers wanted on hold.