Went to college in Newark and worked there many years, from the early 70s to the mid 90s.
What a hellhole.
Before 1967 and the riots, it was the place to go for shopping and entertainment in northeast NJ.
Too bad we can't export that to D.C.
“as speculation has mounted in recent months that Mayor Cory Booker is challenging Christie for office next year.”
Not likely; things are bad enough in NJ that nobody wants another urban parasite with his hand out in the top office. There has been no “miracle” in Newark; it is still a dangerous toilet despite all of the infusions of the new “entertainment economy” we now live in.