William Paterson University President Richard Helldobler said that a revitalized Paterson keeps its graduates in the state: “As the city of Paterson improves, our associate brand improves.”

NJ Car, a nonprofit serving franchised new car and truck retailers, said it welcomes Tesla to the market, but franchised new-car-dealers object to the special treatment afforded the company under the law.

Murphy said that whatever economic incentives are on the table need to “work for both sides,” Amazon on the one hand and Newark and New Jersey on the other.

On Thursday – before the announcement that Amazon would withdraw from plans to set up shop in Long Island City – a courier reportedly brought a Valentine’s Day package to an Amazon-occupied Manhattan office from Newark officials bearing the message: “Newark loves Amazon and would love to work with the technology giant in the near future.”

“New Jersey is a really exciting opportunity to us because it has a different dynamic than NYC,” Founder and Owner Jonathan Sherman said. “We want to use New Jersey as a testing ground to prove out our concept in much more suburban environments.”

Rutgers University School of Business–Camden Dean Jaishankar Ganesh will resign as dean and return to the faculty effective July 1.

Present 3 percent revenue gains will leave the state to bridge the gap between its projections and the actual year-to-date collections, and just how that will play out will is expected to be discussed during Gov. Phil Murphy’s budget address on March 5.

Menendez fought to secure $650 million in Amtrak Northeast Corridor funding, a portion of which will be dedicated to Gateway, and an additional $130.1 million in transit formula grants that can be used to advance the project.