Numerous interest groups in Atlantic City had hoped to hear some sort of encouraging input Tuesday afternoon from New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, but received no such mention in his one-hour annual “State of the State” address — the last one before a new governor is elected in November.
The Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce, which applauded Murphy’s signing into law a bill that will make it easier for restaurants and bars to offer outdoor seating — a potentially big boon during the city’s crucial summer months — recently expressed its support for continuation of the decade-long oversight that state officials have had on the city.
That oversight law is scheduled to expire in November.
