Bristol Meyers Squibb has been employing New Jersey residents for well over a century. After decades of expanding, there have been multiple rounds of cuts.
Prudential Financial, Ashley Stewart and Fresh Pro led the pack of companies laying off workers in New Jersey — while a grocer also was closing a store to make way for housing.
New Jersey would become the latest in a growing number of states behind California to phase out the sale of new gas powered cars and light trucks by 2035 — if adopted by year's end.