Neysa Pranger of theRegionalplan Association, a body that plansforNew York, New JerseyandConnecticut, is relieved about that, butwishesthe two-year capitalplanwere longer.
But officials here are making no secret of their unease about his reported plan to pitch his trademark Bedouin tent at the New Jersey residence of Libya's U.N.mission chief during his stay.
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The governors of New York and NewJersey oppose theplan too.
While the support for such a plan by the city is new, the concept of extending the No. 7 into NewJersey is an old one, and was pushed by groups such as the Regional Plan Association in the 1980s.