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MTA Chairmen Contradicts Governor Murphy’s Assertion of Deal on Congestion Pricing

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Ridgewood NJ, the head of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority is denying that New York and New Jersey have reached an agreement about how three Hudson River crossings will be treated under a new plan to toll drivers entering Manhattan’s central business district.

Patrick Foye, the chairman and CEO of the MTA, said in a statement late Wednesday that he was not aware of an agreement announced earlier in the day by New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy.

“With all due respect to Governor Murphy, we have no idea what he is talking about,” Foye said.

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Founding Member of ‘James Bond’ Gang That Targeted High-End Homes in Tri-State for Years Arrested: Prosecutors

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Updated at 2:33 PM EDT on Thursday, Sep 3, 2015 NBC 4 NYC

A founding member of the long-running “James Bond gang” that had been targeting high-end homes in affluent neighborhoods across the tri-state for years has been arrested, prosecutors said Thursday.

Bruce “Cap” Anderson, 48, of Queens, was arrested Tuesday in connection with an ongoing investigation that netted the arrests of several other alleged members of the gang in 2014. Anderson and five other defendants are named in a 24-count indictment tied to the burglary and trafficking of stolen property.

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The group of burglars had been operating in New Jersey for years and expanded to Rockland County in 2013, according to police. At one burglary in Orangetown in early January, thieves lifted $30,000 worth of jewelry.

Authorities in New Jersey launched an investigation in 2014 after more than two dozen high-end homes in Bergen, Morris and Somerset counties were burglarized over a period of several months. The burglaries had many similarities and were identical in the manner in which they were carried out.

https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/James-Bond-Burglar-Gang-High-End-Residential-Home-Robbery-Arrest-Police-Prosecutor-New-Jersey-Bruce-Anderson-324079411.html