Despite concerns about possible costs for taxpayers, the Assembly voted 61-4 for a bill ceding control of the police and fire pension funds to a union-controlled panel.
More New Jersey pedestrians have been killed since 2014 than in any three-year stretch since the early 1990s. A proposal seeks to assign them more responsibility for traffic safety.
Property taxes increased by more than $700 million across New Jersey in 2016, the most in six years, according to a Townsquare Media compilation of tax data.
In an address billed as his "unofficial state of the city address" following a state takeover of his city's finances in 2016, Mayor Don Guardian talked about the many setbacks last year and his hopes for the new year.