Admitting "this stinks" and making references to the Grinch, Murphy pleaded with residents to "stay with us" and insisted any new restrictions would only be for a "handful of months."
The cost-of-living increase approved on Tuesday means the part-time, elected council members will be earning $95,000, and even more for the Council President.
The mayor of New Jersey’s largest city brought a packed Democratic state convention to its feet on Friday with a rousing speech that ripped fellow Democrats for not being more progressive.
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka released a statement Monday saying the state's largest city has no intention of changing its policy on undocumented immigrants in the wake of Donald Trump's election as president.