Funeral held for NJ's late Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver

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More than 1,000 mourners gathered for the standing-room-only ceremony at the cathedral — the fifth-largest in North America — as speaker after speaker testified to Oliver's legacy and her contributions — from her hometown of East Orange to all corners of the Garden State. The memorial capped off three days of official mourning as Oliver’s coffin lay in state on Thursday at the New Jersey State House in Trenton and on Friday at the Essex County Historic Courthouse in Newark. [Read more.]( --------------------------------------------------------------- 🗳️ --------------------------------------------------------------- More politics stories to know this week Adams pleads (again) for federal assistance with migrant crisis This time, the mayor was joined by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso and members of the Hotel Trades Council — a powerful city union that represents hospitality workers — in his calls for financial help and temporary work authorizations for the new arrivals. 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