The Supreme Court will let New Jersey exit the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, effectively ending the small police agency the two states created in 1953 to go after the mob and corrupt labor practices at the NY-NJ container port.
issued Tuesday and written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh
New Jersey — supported by a powerful dockworkers union and the shipping industry — has long sought to reform or leave the commission, arguing the agency holds up hiring and adds bureaucracy. New York sued to block New Jersey’s exit, arguing the agency is still needed because corruption still exists and that the terms of their 70-year-old deal didn’t allow one state to quit without the other’s permission.
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