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The Kushners are in the process of opening Kush Connection, an adult-use cannabis dispensary in Montclair.

The New York Giants front office has expressed a lot of confidence in quarterback Daniel Jones this offseason. But apparently not everyone is certain Jones will bounce back from injury.

(Trenton, New Jersey) – NJ Transit’s executive board is set to meet Wednesday to discuss and prevent a potential strike by engineers and trainmen. This summer NJ Transit has been dealing with delays, cancellations and outages in the midst of the summer heat almost daily. The nearly 500 members of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen (BLET) employed by New Jersey Transit voted unanimously to call a strike, which would cripple transportation.

Daniel Jones, quarterback. The NY Giants NFL team held an organized team activity at their training facility in East Rutherford, NJ on Thursday May 30, 2024.

As featured on New York Giants quarterback Daniel Jones is taking "every snap" with the first-team offense in training camp until further

(Bronx, NY) — The MTA continues to crackdown on drivers who try to get away without paying tolls. Last month they took away hundreds of vehicles from drivers trying to cheat they system. The MTA says its Bridge and Tunnel officers, the NYPD and other agencies impounded 266 vehicles, arrested 55 people and issued more than three-thousand summonses in July. The latest round of crackdowns on fake and covered plates were conducted at the Hugh Carey and Queens Midtown tunnels and the RFK, Throgs Neck, Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges, among other crossings. The joint enforcement operations have led to the impounding of over 18-hundred vehicles, close to four-hundred arrests and more than 15-thousand summonses so far this year.

Port Authority police are ramping up their efforts to tackle toll evasion, with a notable increase in enforcement actions over the past six months. According to the agency, more than 4,800 summonses have been issued at its bridge and tunnel crossings since the beginning of the year. This marks a significant 55 percent rise compared to the same period last year.

(Paterson, NJ) — A senior citizen in Paterson, New Jersey says she was scammed out of thousands of dollars, after a woman asking for directions put some sort of chemical laden rag on her shoulder. 75-year-old Maria Ramos says the chemicals in the rag put her into some sort of stupor where she lost control of her ability to make decisions. She says the scammer then escorted her to two separate banks, where she took out five thousand dollars and handed it over to the rag woman. Ramos says she only began coming out of the stupor at the second bank, but it was too late.

(New York, NY) – The 79th United Nations General Assembly is underway in New York City with a gridlock warning in effect for the next two weeks. Nearly 200 world leaders are attending the session. The MTA cautions buses in midtown will also be impacted by significant delays and they’re encouraging people to take the subway.

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