NY-NJ Waterfront Commission created to police the mob is no more. What's next?

WNYC News | May 12, 2023

The Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor was created in 1953 to police organized crime and corrupt labor practices at the ports along the New York and New Jersey waterfront.

But last month, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed New Jersey to exit the commission. The state's governor, Phil Murphy, says the state police there can monitor the waterfront for illegal activity.

Tom Robbins, a senior investigative reporter for the news site THE CITY, reported on the dissolution of the Waterfront Commission and the legacy of the Mob on the docks. He talked with WNYC's Sean Carlson about his reporting. 

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