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New Jersey Transit Pushes Battle Vs. Mobster's Kin
2014-11-12 21:19:10| Railroads - Topix.net
The canceled rail tunnel project under the Hudson River that has already cost New Jersey hundreds of millions of dollars could wind up enriching the family of a convicted mobster to the tune of millions more. New Jersey Transit is embroiled in a court battle with the family of Carmine Franco, a Genovese crime family member nicknamed "Papa Smurf," over a two-acre parcel of land near the northern New Jersey waterfront that was to have been used for a roughly $9 billion transit project.
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