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Ex-Gov. Codey says he never authorized NYPD to conduct surveillance of Newark Muslims
Former governor Richard J. Codey Friday said he never authorized New York City police to conduct covert surveillance of Islamic Americans in Newark in 2007.
Codey, who is a Democratic state senator from Essex County, said two executive orders he signed as governor only allowed New York police to ride trains and ferries within New Jersey boundaries
“Executive Orders 43 and 44 that I signed while governor explicitly stated that any operation by New York law enforcement was authorized only on our railroad right-of-ways and ferry terminals,” Codey said. “These were signed amid the backdrop of the then-recent horrific London train bombings. My priority, as governor at the time, was to protect our citizens and without these executive orders, the NYPD, by law, was required to exit all trains and ferries before entering New Jersey. (Hester, New Jersey Newsroom)