A majority of the U.S. Supreme Court justices on Wednesday appeared to support New Jersey’s plan to shut down the mob-busting Waterfront Commission — despite New York’s efforts to keep the bistate agency intact.
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The 70-year-old deal between New York and New Jersey, which was approved by Congress, doesn’t include language about how either state could shut down the commission. But Justice Sonia Sotomayor, a Bronx native, said one state can’t keep the other “on the hook forever.” Chief Justice John Roberts suggested that shifts in business at the port over the decades harm New York’s case. When the Waterfront Commission was formed, roughly 70% of the commercial shipping business in New York Harbor was at ports on the New York side. Now, more than 80% of the business is on New Jersey’s side.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, the court's newest member, said "everybody knew that this [the Waterfront Commission] was going to be temporary, just until we got a hold of this corruption problem."
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