Governor Pataki thinks the state of New York is a great place for new businesses and he'll try to prove that point today. Pataki will be in New York City to promote the state as a top location for new economic development at the annual meeting of the American Economic Development Council. Finding a place to live under New Jersey's Section Eight rental program continues to be a problem for many people. Affordable housing advocates say landlords are finding ways to avoid low-income renters. But the New Jersey Apartment Association says Section Eight rentals require too much paperwork and too many inspections.
Rail service is back to normal on the Northeast Corridor line.
Amtrak and New Jersey Transit service resumed yesterday morning after being shutdown for four hours between Newark and the Hudson River tunnel. The tracks were closed after equipment connecting an N-J Transit train to overhead electrical wires became tangled. Another high-ranking Lucent Technologies official has left the company. The telecommunications equipment maker said yesterday that chief financial officer Deborah Hopkins has stepped down. She'll be replaced by Frank D'Amelio, formerly group president of the Murray Hill-based company's Switching Solutions Group.