With ridership down more than 90 percent, the federal government in April granted the agency a $1.43 billion rescue package under the CARES Act.

According to the agency, he was last at its offices on April 7.

Airports around New Jersey will receive federal aid as some facilities report that passenger counts are down by as much as 99 percent due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funds, totaling $160.9 million will be used for airports to pay their workers and maintain safe operations. Newark Liberty International Airport will receive the most in aid ...

The regional carrier says it will refund 15 percent of the equivalent of three month’s annual premiums to members with personal auto insurance policies.

"Right now for many of our essential workers, public transit is how they get to work, and we need to protect them during that trip," the governor said Saturday during his daily COVID-19 press conference in Trenton.

“While we’ve been able to strategically target select trips on some bus routes with added service," CEO Kevin Corbett said. "Like transit agencies across the country, we simply don’t have the manpower to add more service.”

The company's hub at Newark airport will see daily flights drop from over 100 to 15.

The agency will receive the money from the FTA, as part of the $25 billion set aside for public transit agencies under the “Coronavirus, Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act."

New Jersey Transit is seeing nearly a 90 percent drop in riders in the wake of the viral outbreak, allowing the agency to work on positive train control at times it otherwise would not be able to.

But, the airline will keep flights in some capacity from its crew base at a South Jersey airport.

According to the agency, 19 employees - out of its nearly 12,000 - have been diagnosed with COVID-19.

According to 32BJ Service Employees International Union, the more than 1,000 affected jobs range from cleaning terminals and airplane cabins, to customer service and baggage handling.