Assemblyman John Wisniewski

Confusion, distrust, anger and apparent stonewalling marked internal communications between New Jersey Port Authority officials, their New York counterparts and PA and Fort Lee police as surprise lane closings disrupted traffic at the George Washington Bridge Sept. 9 through Sept. 13 of last year.

Today, the Assembly Transportation Committee approved a measure sponsored by Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski extending the committee’s subpoena power related to its investigation of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The subpoena power is set to expire in March, but the resolution would extend the authority until the end of the legislative session on Jan. 14, 2014.

“To Run or Not to Run…that is the question”…to adapt the great Shakespearian line to the question Newark Mayor Cory Booker ponders each and every day in the press. To run, or not to run….for Governor in 2013 against Chris Christie, as I’m sure national Democrats are hoping, or for the Senate seat now occupied by Senator Frank Lautenberg, which he shows no signs of giving up anytime soon... Read Mo

With tolls increasing today at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the chair of New Jersey's Assembly Transportation Committee says commuters will suffer.

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A Democrat who chairs the Assembly Transportation committee has been granted subpoena power to investigate wasteful spending at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.