Who Will Control New Jersey’s Ports Now That The State Has withdrawn From Waterfront Commission?

A little known but powerful public agency created 70 years ago to root out organized crime on the New York Harbor docks officially closed shop last month.

The demise of the bi-state Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor comes after a five-year legal battle between Trenton and Albany about which state would control policing of port businesses that have been perennially plagued by criminal rackets and mob intimidation.