Budget impasse causes shutdown in New Jersey
TRENTON, N.J. — New Jerseyans were feeling the impact as a state government shutdown took effect Saturday, closing parks and other public sites and disrupting ferry service to Liberty and Ellis islands.
Among those affected were a group of Cub Scouts forced to leave a state park campsite and people trying to obtain or renew documents from the state motor vehicle commission, among the agencies closed by the shutdown.
Remaining open under the shutdown will be New Jersey Transit, state prisons, the state police, state hospitals and treatment centers as well as casinos, race tracks and the lottery.
Christie and the lawmakers are in a stalemate over whether to include legislation affecting the state’s largest health insurer in the state budget.