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Tedesco Rescinds Executive Order At Murphy's Request Tedesco Rescinds Executive Order At Murphy's Request
Tedesco Rescinds Executive Order At Murphy's Request Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco's executive order declaring a state of emergency will not be implemented as requested by Gov. Phil Murphy, officials said Thursday. Tedesco on Monday announced the executive order calling for the shutdown of malls, non-essential retail and banned groups of four or more people from public gatherings by Tuesday at 11 p.m. Then, Tuesday morning, Tedesco announced he was postponing the order until Saturday. On Wednesday, Tedesco sent a revised order to Murphy for review. As of Thursday, New Jersey had a total of 794 cases -- 194 of those were in Be…

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by Cecilia Levine