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Legislators demand details after report of World Cup-related Penn Station closures this summer

April 7, 2026 4:21 pm

After reports that New York Penn Station will partly close for hours on World Cup match days this summer, a pair of Hudson County legislators are demanding more details. On Monday, NorthJersey.com reported that the NJ Transit section of New...

Former NJ Transit employee pleads guilty to stealing, selling agency phones

March 31, 2026 2:10 pmApril 1, 2026 11:10 am

A former NJ Transit supervisor pleaded guilty to stealing more than 1,000 cell phones from the agency and reselling them, a scheme that netted him almost a million dollars over the course of about four years. 37-year-old Peejay Manila began...

Sherrill gives NJ Transit 45 days to plan improvements for riders

March 24, 2026 3:02 pm

Gov. Mikie Sherrill is giving NJ Transit 45 days to develop a plan to quickly improve the rider experience for Garden State commuters, she announced Tuesday. In Secaucus Junction Station, the governor signed an executive order requiring the transit agency...

Gateway lawsuit ruled moot; agency can seek damages for construction pause

March 12, 2026 4:04 pmMarch 12, 2026 4:08 pm

Two counts in the Gateway Development Commission’s breach-of-contract lawsuit against the White House remain pending after a federal judge dismissed most of the rest of the suit due to mootness on Thursday. The GDC, a bi-state agency operating the construction...

Gateway case goes before federal appeals court

March 3, 2026 2:08 pm

A case challenging the Trump administration’s funding freeze of the Gateway tunnel project went before a federal appeals court on Tuesday as New Jersey seeks to restore full funding to the massive project. The White House froze funding for the...

Gateway commission says tunnel construction has resumed

February 24, 2026 3:54 pm

Construction on the Gateway Tunnel, paused for weeks thanks to a funding dispute with President Donald Trump’s administration, has officially resumed, the Gateway Development Commission announced this afternoon. Trump has been threatening to “terminate” the long-awaited, $16 billion tunnel project...

Officials expect Gateway construction to resume next week

February 18, 2026 11:38 amFebruary 18, 2026 4:33 pm

Officials expect that construction work for Gateway, the massive cross-Hudson rail project temporarily halted by the Trump administration last month, will resume next week, they announced Wednesday morning. The White House froze funding for Gateway last year, sparking lawsuits from...