MAHWAH, N.J. – New Jersey has sued a town over two recent ordinances that the state says illegally targeted the Jewish community from nearby New York.
The lawsuit announced Tuesday against Mahwah and its township council likens the conduct of town officials to the “1950s-era white flight suburbanites” who sought to keep blacks out of their neighborhoods.
It seeks the return of more than $3.4 million in state grants and an injunction blocking the ordinances.
Mahwah’s independent Mayor Bill Laforet said Tuesday that he and the town’s police chief had warned council members about the consequences they and the town could face.
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