According to the announcement, the agreement includes the hiring, currently underway, of 150 members of the International Longshoremen’s Association as an interim solution to the ongoing dispute between the Commission and the Shipping Association. The Star-Ledger reports the hiring spree will also include 75 union supervisors. The dispute dates back to last November, when the ...
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Fulop Christie administration scrapped Jersey City meetings after not receiving endorsement
Jersey City Mayor Steven Fulop says scheduled meetings with top state officials were cancelled after he informed Christie's team that he would not endorse the governor in his 2013 reelection bid.
Read More »Wisniewski refers Wildstein contempt charges to county prosecutor
On Thursday Wildstein was unanimously found in-contempt of the Assembly Transportation Committee, which Wisniewski chairs, after he pleaded the Fifth Amendment on every question posed to him at an investigatory hearing on the unannounced lane closures at the George Washington Bridge in September. Private messages subpoenaed by the committee from Wildstein indicate he helped to ...
Read More »Academy Bus acquires certain bus operations from Horizon Coach Lines
According to the announcement, service began on Saturday, January 11, 2014, making Academy the largest motor coach provider in the state. The company plans to expand charter services in N.J. to clients including public school districts, universities, corporations, and airport and cruise transfers. Academy’s Florida operations will service the entire state and originate from terminals ...
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GWB scandal Democrats create special investigatory committee with subpoena powers
Incoming Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-Secaucus) and majority leader Lou Greenwald (D-Voorhees) said Monday in a joint statement with Wisniewski that they would appoint members for the committee, which will also have access to special counsel. As chairman of the Assembly Transportation Committee, Wisniewski has thus far led the probe into the matter, issuing subpoenas ...
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Report Christie’s office involved in GWB lane closures
Those messages (embedded below) also point towards the move as political retaliation against Fort Lee Mayor Mark Sokolich for not issuing an endorsement of Christie in his reelection campaign. Though Christie has repeatedly denied involvement in the four-day September closures and has specifically shot down the notion that the move was politically motivated, the newspaper’s ...
Read More »Wood-Ridge transit redevelopment site moves ahead with Pulte project
The builder, Pulte Homes, announced Wednesday it has started work on what will be 217 for-sale town homes, part of the larger master plan by Somerset Development. The so-called Liberty Square at Wesmont Station complex is expected to open in summer 2014.The for-sale component is the latest milestone in a decade-old project to transform the ...
Read More »Jaguar appoints new president for North America
According to the announcement, Eberhardt comes to Jaguar Land Rover North America with global industry and retail experience, including executive leadership sales, marketing and service roles at Chrysler Group, DaimlerChrysler UK, Mercedes-Benz U.S.A. and Daimler-Benz AG. In addition Eberhardt has held senior leadership and advisory positions in the technology, consulting and communications industries, including Boston ...
Read More »Mercedes-Benz USA names new sales VP
According to the announcement, Exler will have overall responsibility for the company’s sales, volume planning and distribution operations in the United States, reporting directly to Steve Cannon, president and chief executive of Mercedes-Benz USA. Exler succeeds Michael Slagter, senior vice president, sales, who will retire at the end of February after 11 years of service ...
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Jersey City raises 5M in taxi medallion auction
Jersey City Mayor Steve Fulop has been touting his city since he took office in July, but even he was surprised by the interest — and revenue created — at Thursday's taxi medallion auction.
Read More »Hampshire Cos. starts work on 460,000-square-foot industrial building in Carteret
The Morristown developer broke ground last week on the 460,000-square-foot facility on Bryla Street, borough officials said. When complete, the project will span 33 acres just off Exit 12 of the New Jersey Turnpike and minutes from Port Newark-Elizabeth, where demand for industrial space is expected to swell in the coming years.Hampshire said last month ...
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Port Authority OKs 100M in road upgrades for N.J. terminals
The agency’s board of commissioners authorized the program at its latest meeting in New York, sending new funds to an effort to modernize roads built decades ago. In a news release, the authority said the $105 million program includes the design, construction and realignment of portions of the five major access roads to the shipping ...
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