Not even bothering to disguise vote buying anymore. With your money.
The worst part is that Newark NJ has no money; they will be spending money from others in NJ, or the country, to do this. They resent the investment in other parts of the state, even in neighboring towns, where housing can be built that may be desirable (for access to NYC, not Newark).
They failed to entice the NJ Nets to move there when they were leaving the Meadowlands; instead the Russian owner took them to Brooklyn where people could buy tickets instead of just “play hoops”. Now neighboring Harrison NJ is developing around its train station to NYC; it is the last stop before Newark itself, and Newark’s entitled kleptocrats views this as some kind of theft. Harrison is just a safer Hispanic sh!thole, with less crime - especially violent crime - than Newark; productive people can be lured there with NYC access, while they’d NEVER set foot in Newark. Harrison also built the new stadium for the NY Red Bulls when THEY left the Meadowlands/Giants Stadium, and that is in the same area of the train station development - all within sight of Newark.