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At long last, the pandemic may officially be coming to an end.
Gov. Phil Murphy on Friday announced that he intended to end the state of emergency that New Jersey has been under since March 2020 but not before renewing the monthly declaration one last time, taking his emergency powers into mid-June.
Murphy said that his office was crafting legislation with the state Senate president and Assembly speaker in order to ensure his administration retains necessary tools to manage the ongoing threat to public health, as well as recovery and vaccination efforts.
Murphy s announcement came after stating that New Jersey would not immediately follow CDC guidance to lift mask mandates on indoor public places, explaining that it is too difficult to tell who has been vaccinated and that a rush to lift the mandate could lead to a rise in infections.
Forget double-dipping: This guy is sextuple-dipping, and needs to be reined in | Editorial
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There is a guy in Bergen County who is either our most dedicated public servant or the only New Jerseyan with the metabolism of a hummingbird, and he has managed to augment the $347,000 he gets to do six municipal jobs by racking up $170,000 in unused sick pay.
Yes, Roy Riggitano has six jobs (6). The Bionic Bergenite is the Chief Financial Officer, purchasing agent, and tax collector in Elmwood Park (salary: $160,406), the CFO in Garfield ($62,816), the CFO in Rochelle Park ($41,008), the CFO in notoriously scammy Palisades Park ($60,971), and he does fire inspection in Cliffside Park ($12,000) and Fairview ($10,768).
Sweeney s bill would require municipalities to notify and provide a report to neighboring municipalities when an application is filed to build a retail warehouse. The report would include a regional economic impact analysis, paid for by the developer.
That would allow the neighboring communities to adopt a resolution of “intermunicipal concern,” which would entitle them to have their concerns considered by a joint board with members representing each municipality.
The host municipality and the adjoining community would have equal representation on the board. For example, if South Bound Brook raises concerns about a warehouse proposal in Franklin, under the law South Bound Brook, with its population of 4,500, would have the same number of representatives as Franklin, with its population of 6,500.