MACK-CALI REALTY CORP. v. STATE

Docket No. A-3097-18.

246 A.3d 847 (2021)

466 N.J. Super. 402

MACK-CALI REALTY CORP., Cal-Harbor V Urban Renewal Associates, LP, Cal-Harbor Vii Urban Renewal Associates, LP, Roseland Residential Trust, Gary Wagner, Ivan Baron, H.P. Roosevelt Urban Renewal Company, LLC, Cambridge Corporate Services, Inc., Local 621, United Construction Trades Industrial Union, Local 365, United Employees of Service Workers, SP Plus Corporation, Los Cuernos Corp., Exchange Place Alliance District Management Corporation, Spartan Security Services, Inc., New Jersey Business & Industry Association, and Hudson County Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of New Jersey, City of Jersey City, Mayor and Counsel of the City of Jersey City, Donna Mauer, in her Official Capacity as Director and Chief Financial Officer of the City of Jersey City, and Brian Platt, In his Official Capacity as Business Administrator of the City of Jersey City, Defendants-Respondents. City of Newark, Intervenor-Respondent.

Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division.

Decided February 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clark E. Alpert , Parsippany, and Stephen J. Edelstein argued the cause for appellants (Weiner Law Group, LLP, attorneys; Clark E. Alpert , of counsel and on the briefs; Stephen J. Edelstein , Richard L. Rudin, Donald A. Klein , and Paul S. Grossman , Parsippany, on the briefs).

Jean P. Reilly , Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause for respondent State of New Jersey ( Gurbir S. Grewal , Attorney General, attorney; Jean P. Reilly , of counsel and on the brief; Jamie M. Zug , Eileen W. Siegeltuch , Michael J. Duffy , Heather Lynn Anderson , and Miles Eckardt , Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).

Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr. , Morristown, argued the cause for respondents City of Jersey City, Mayor and Council of the City of Jersey City, Donna Mauer , and Brian Platt (Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, PC, attorneys; Vito A. Gagliardi, Jr. , of counsel and on the brief; Jeffrey M. Pypcznski , Morristown, Tanya Y. Shah , Princeton, and Thomas J. Reilly , Morristown, on the brief).

Cheyne R. Scott , Secaucus, argued the cause for intervenor-respondent City of Newark (Chasan, Lamparello, Mallon & Cappuzzo, PC, attorneys; Cheyne R. Scott , of counsel and on the brief; Cindy Nan Vogelman , Secaucus, on the brief).

Craig A. Long argued the cause for amici curiae New Jersey Education Association and Jersey City Education Association (Zazzali, Fagella, Nowak, Kleinbaum & Friedman, PC, attorneys; Richard A. Friedman , Summit, of counsel; Craig A. Long , on the brief).

Before Judges Messano, Hoffman, and Suter.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

Plaintiffs — real estate developers and urban renewal entities in Jersey City; business owners with operations in Jersey City; labor unions, which members provide personnel and services to Jersey City businesses and some of which have members that live in Jersey City; and...

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