New York vs. New Jersey Port Fight Heads to U.S. Supreme Court
Justices will decide whether New Jersey can unilaterally withdraw from agency set up to fight crime on the waterfront.
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WASHINGTON—The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to decide whether New Jersey can unilaterally pull out of a bistate crime-fighting agency it has operated with New York for decades.
New York state officials in March asked the court to stop New Jersey from withdrawing from the Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor, a regulator set up almost 70 years ago to fight organized crime on the docks at the Port of New York and New Jersey.
The court promptly blocked New Jersey from pulling out of the agency while it considered New York’s request. In a brief written order Tuesday, the justices agreed to take the case and asked the two sides to submit written arguments this summer and fall.