They came in droves. Elected officials from Hudson & Essex counties. Called together by the mayor of Jersey City. Mayors, state legislators, even a United States Senator. Admittedly, all Democrats, but, still, unanimous in their opposition to a proposed elimination of overnight service on the Port Authority’s PATH service. The proposal, buried in a 100-page report on, ironically, transparency and ethics, has ballooned into the kind of no-brainer issue that attracts a tent full of elected officials in opposition.

“The global economy doesn’t stop at 1 a.m.m in the morning. There are thousands of people who work in that period of time and denying them a mass transit opportunity to get to work is, in essence, denying them a job,” said Sen. Robert Menendez.

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