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A petition in New Jersey signed by more than 2,300 Democratic officials, advocates and residents has helped sway members of the State Senate Judiciary Committee to call for a vote on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage. But the bill has a long way to go, and recent votes against same-sex marriage in a Maine referendum and in the New York State Senate led opponents of the New Jersey measure to say that the political tide had turned against it. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Brittany Catanzaro, 19, is NY Waterway's first female ferry captain, and the youngest ever. She takes commuters from Weehawken and Hoboken, N.J., to Manhattan. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

James V. Samuelson, 58, is New Jersey Transit's deputy general manager for safety and training, working from an office at Pennsylvania Station in Manhattan. Since 1970, he has worked for railroads of New Jersey, where he lives. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that government officials in New Jersey and New York visited towns affected by a northeaster on the week beginning April 17, 2007 to determine if federal aid would be available to the towns. Meanwhile, Governor Richard J. Codey of New Jersey said that the state had suffered a $180 million in damage to private and public property.

The article presents news briefs related to crimes and sentences in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Zachary Gibian was sentenced 25 years in prison by the New York Supreme Court for killing his stepfather. John Merla, the former mayor of Keyport, New Jersey, pleaded guilty in Federal District Court for accepting bribes during his tenure. The body of missing New York City college student Joseph Zahornacky was found in a lake in Connecticut.

Presents news briefs from New York City and New Jersey as of March 28, 2003.

Provides news briefs on the metropolitan areas in the U.S. as of September 17, 2002, including the cases of West Nile virus in New York and the volume of toll jumpers in New Jersey.

The article presents news briefs related to New York and New Jersey. It states that police are looking for a man described as white with a stocky build for robbing guests at two hotels in Manhattan, New York City. It discusses the closing of two miles of beaches after a pipe broke at a sewage plant in Asbury Park, New Jersey. According to crime statistics for 2006, released by New York officials, crime rates have decreased by 2.3% in the state.

The article presents news briefs related to public administration in New York and New Jersey. Edward I. Koch, former mayor of New York City, will be in the panel, which reviews operations at the state comptroller's office. According to a state appeals court, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's administration may go ahead with the renovation plans of Washington Square Park. The company, American Pharmaceutical Group, is accused of advertising steroids by federal prosecutors in Rhode Island.

The article reports several social and political activities in New York and New Jersey. The state's Public Employment Relations Board charged the Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union for illegally conducting a strike on December 20 to 22, 2005. The New York State Democratic Party challenged candidate for governor William F. Weld to waive confidentiality agreements with former employees at Decker College. There has been an increase in the number of complaints against school employees in the city.

Reports on various developments in the states of New York and New Jersey.

Presents news briefs concerning New York and New Jersey, as of June 26, 2003.