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NEW YORK, NY – A funeral, an out-of-order bathroom, and a desperate moment on the street corner led to a ticket for one New Yorker. This isn’t an isolated incident. Under Mayor Eric Adams, the NYPD has drastically increased tickets for public urination, leaving many to wonder if the crackdown is a solution or a waste of resources. It seems New Yorkers just have no place to go .
Continue reading New York’s Public Peeing Crackdown: Are You at Risk?
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Trenton NJ, NJ Attorney General Platkin comments on the current investigation of the NJ State Police on the the alleged slowdown in NJ State Police traffic enforcement .Platkin said, “The New Jersey State Police is tasked with the difficult, dangerous, and often thankless job of keeping the public safe. Troopers routinely rise to the occasion by tackling some of the most pressing public safety challenges we face — whether that be narcotics trafficking, gun violence, or responding to natural disasters. In my years of State government service, I have seen their work firsthand and know the deep commitment that so many Troopers have to serving the public. I am proud to have supported them in those efforts.
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“Cash in App” Feature Allows Customers to Use Cash at Participating Retailers to Load Value for Purchasing NJ TRANSIT Mobile Tickets
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Ridgewood NJ, NJ TRANSIT is bringing the convenience and flexibility of its Mobile App to more customers with the introduction of a new cash payment option. Customers who prefer to use cash or don’t have a debit or credit card can now take advantage of all of the benefits of the NJ TRANSIT Mobile App with the new Cash in App feature. Customers can utilize more than 1,000 convenient participating network retailers in New Jersey like 7-Eleven, Walgreens, CVS, Family Dollar and more to convert cash directly to digital balances in the NJ TRANSIT Mobile App which can then be used to purchase electronic NJ TRANSIT tickets and passes.
Continue reading NJ TRANSIT INTRODUCES NEW CASH PAYMENT OPTION WITHIN ITS MOBILE APP
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Ridgewood NJ, it’s a question everyone asks when buying event tickets – when is the best time to get those seats? Gametime (Gametime.co), the leading app/site for last minute tickets, today, for the first time ever, released data revealing the best times to buy event tickets to sports, shows and concerts on the secondary market.
Continue reading Leading Ticket Marketplace Releases Data on Best Time to Buy Seats
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Trenton NJ, The New Jersey Supreme Court on Friday issued an omnibus order resuming the operations of some courts and extending the deadline for other court sessions and activities.
The order extends to May 31 the suspension of jury trials, landlord/tenant trials and grand jury proceedings.
Continue reading NJ Supreme Court Order Resumes Some Court Operations, Extends Suspension of Others
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Fair Lawn Nj, Police Traffic Officers Association of Bergen County reminds you don’t forget to clear the snow off your car or face fines of $25 to $75 for each offense, regardless of whether the ice and snow is dislodged from the vehicle. If flying ice or snow causes property damage or injury to others, motorists face fines of $200 to $1,000 for each offense.
Return all the money generated as ‘fines’ in a year as equal cash payment annually to all residents in that municipality instead of keeping it in the black hole called the municipal budget. It should be a separate equal cash payment and municipalities should not be able to call it a ‘rebate’ against property taxes or tie them together in any way.
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When you take away the ability of those in power to benefit from their misbehavior, the abuses will stop!
By Michael Symons July 24, 2017 7:03 PM
There’s a growing sentiment to do something about tamping down use of municipal courts to generate fines to support a city or town’s budget.
Committees of the New Jersey State Bar Association and the state Supreme Court are each looking at the issue now, and a state Assembly committee recently did the same. Lawmakers floated ideas such as regionalization, making municipal courts a division of Superior Court and pooling all revenues from fines.
Paul Catanese, who was a judge for 20 years in South Brunswick, Lawrence and Hamilton, said judges need to be freed up to be independent, not worrying about whether they’ll be reappointed if they levy small or no fines in cases when that’s appropriate.
“There’s always this if not explicit this implicit sense that you need more revenues from the court,” said Catanese, who said a few years ago one Middlesex County town switched judges specifically because it wanted more revenue from court fines.
“Judges know what their job is,” Catanese said. “It’s to do individual justice in individual cases. That’s what our role is. It’s not our job to raise revenues for the town.”
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February 1,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, Tickets to the JAMBOREE “WORLD TOUR” show FEBRUARY 8, 9, 10 and 11th are now on sale !!! Come join in the fun as we transport you from the comfort of your seats here in town to far of places such as France, India, Argentina and Japan before bring you back home for a road trip across America. CA, Vagas, New Orleans and Chicargo to name a few. Enjoy the splender, the sights and the sounds knowing that the money raised will go towards need-based scholarship funds for college bound Ridgewood High School seniors.
Be part of this 71 year old Ridgewood tradition.
Updated: DECEMBER 25, 2016 — 10:17 AM EST
by LARRY HIGGS, The Associated Press
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) – About two years ago, red light cameras in New Jersey went dark, and opponents and supporters began the wait to see if the state Department of Transportation would scuttle or keep the program.
Two years later, they’re still waiting.
The DOT has yet to render a final report and make recommendations to lawmakers on the ultimate fate of camera enforcement in the state. The cameras, which capture images of vehicles at intersections, were turned off on Dec. 16, 2014.
Last year, NJDOT officials said they were still crunching numbers, but gave no timetable when they planned to release the findings, based on 2014 data and five years of numbers from 73 red light camera monitoring intersections in 25 towns. A spokesman said it would be “several months” before the report was finalized.
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Ridgewood NJ , New Jersey Democrat Lawmakers are at it again ,and they want to take away your morning coffee. Under the guise of trying to crack down on distracted driving NJ Democrats are looking to ban anything that takes your hands off a steering wheel, including eating, drinking coffee.
Democrat lawmakers are currently pushing a bill, A-1908, that specifically prohibits a driver from engaging in any activity such as eating, drinking or using electronic devices not related to the operation of the vehicle. New Jersey already bans cellphone usage while driving.Violators could face fines from $200 to $400 for the first offense, $400 to $600 for a second offense and $600 to $800 for a third or subsequent offense. A third violation may also result in a driver’s license suspension of up to 90 days and a motor vehicle points penalty at the court’s discretion.
A reader told us that ,”On my walk this morning at 6am the Ridgewood Fire Dept was taking pictures of houses that had their sprinklers running that shouldn’t have been…. Reminder follow the stage 2 restrictions.”
But seem to think its going a bit over board , “What is going on in this town? There are employees going around issuing summonses for watering, sidewalks and “suspected” unlicensed pets.”
Another reader said they , “actual had a court date because I didn’t register my imaginary dog. When I called and asked why they thought I had a dog, they said a neighbor informed them!!”
One reader said they heard a neighbor got a warning because they ,” had a child’s wooden play house in the yard. It was very large. They said it was a dog house. “.
“The pet one is insane. I feel like I live in North Korea.”
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Ridgewood NJ, the Ridgewood blog asks , How many tickets were given out last year to Ridgewood residents last year for water irrigation violations ?
Just wondering if any other towns that Ridgewood water supplies were issued tickets for the same violations?
Our newly hired code violation enforcement person does not have jurisdiction in those towns to issue tickets . So in a nut shell the Village Manager Roberta hired and employee with taxpayer money to issue tickets only to Ridgewood residents .Other towns that are supplied by Ridgewood Water do not have a dedicate employee for that service.
Do you really think they were issued the same amount of violations?
