Thread by @byJoeHernandez, Shoutout to the local NJ reporters delivering critical accountability stories these days [...]

Shoutout to the local NJ reporters delivering critical accountability stories these days in one of the hardest-hit states by the outbreak.

A non-comprehensive list (please feel free to add):

"In a 43-page report, the state Department of Labor outlined the dire need to modernize the state’s archaic unemployment website ... The date on the report? July 2003."

@snietomunoz @MattStanmyre https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/nj-failed-to-fix-unemployment-system-for-19-years-records-show-now-murphy-pleads-patience.html

N.J. failed to fix unemployment system for 19 years, records show. Now Murphy pleads patience.

About 1.1 million unemployment claims have been filed in just two months, and the system can't handle the surge.

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/nj-failed-to-fix-unemployment-system-for-19-years-records-show-now-murphy-pleads-patience.html

"There are no audio recordings of the task force’s meetings, according to the governor’s office. No meeting minutes. No recommendations on file."

@dracioppi https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2020/05/11/nj-coronavirus-task-force-shielding-its-work/5175150002/

What has NJ coronavirus task force done the past few months? Nobody will say

Formed in February ahead of the coronavirus in NJ, the task force operates with no public records or list of participants.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/new-jersey/2020/05/11/nj-coronavirus-task-force-shielding-its-work/5175150002/

"There was just one catch: Only a handful of the roughly 670 facilities would have to run their plans by the state Department of Health. The rest were on the honor system."

@samjsutton https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/05/11/how-new-jersey-failed-to-follow-through-on-the-lessons-of-wanaque-1283081

New Jersey almost required stricter infection-control rules. But then it backed off.

Lawmakers wanted more oversight after 11 children died. State officials said they couldn’t do it.

https://www.politico.com/states/new-jersey/story/2020/05/11/how-new-jersey-failed-to-follow-through-on-the-lessons-of-wanaque-1283081

"“They are sweeping this under the rug,” Miseka Diggs ... said in early April. “It is hush-hush. They don’t even say ‘COVID-19.’ I don’t think they can even say the word. It’s absolutely negligence.”

@spsullivan @BCunninghamN @monavage https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/coronavirus-has-killed-dozens-in-state-prisons-how-nj-failed-to-stop-it.html

Coronavirus has killed dozens in state prisons. How N.J. failed to stop it.

An NJ.com investigation found breakdowns in New Jersey's response to COVID-19 in its prisons, putting staff, inmates and the public at risk.

https://www.nj.com/coronavirus/2020/05/coronavirus-has-killed-dozens-in-state-prisons-how-nj-failed-to-stop-it.html

"Murphy has not publicly identified any key, specific benchmarks the state needs to hit in order to relax restrictions ... That lack of detail raises questions as to what underlying evidence or data Murphy uses to make decisions"

@abalcerzak https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/05/08/nj-stay-at-home-order-end-date/3083908001/

Why is there no end date for NJ stay-at-home order? Testing, contract tracing goals still not set

Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a "road map" New Jersey will follow to reopen its economy, but it did not include benchmarks the state needs to hit.

https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/coronavirus/2020/05/08/nj-stay-at-home-order-end-date/3083908001/

"Councilwoman Robin Vaughn exploded Saturday during city officials' daily coronavirus briefing accusing another legislator of sucking Mayor Reed Gusciora's "d**k.""

@IsaacAvilucea https://www.trentonian.com/news/robin-vaughn-accuses-trenton-legislator-of-performing-sex-act-on-mayor-reed-gusciora-on-call/article_95ba4296-8cb8-11ea-a74d-af4e74a284d6.html

Robin Vaughn accuses Trenton legislator of performing sex act on Mayor Reed Gusciora on call

TRENTON — Councilwoman Robin Vaughn exploded Saturday during city officials' daily coronavirus briefing accusing another legislator of sucking Mayor Reed Gusciora's "d**k."

https://www.trentonian.com/news/robin-vaughn-accuses-trenton-legislator-of-performing-sex-act-on-mayor-reed-gusciora-on-call/article_95ba4296-8cb8-11ea-a74d-af4e74a284d6.html

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