New From Governor Murphy: I will sign an Executive Order giving municipalities and counties the option to regulate the operating hours of non-essential businesses after 8:00 PM.

Our surgical approach empowers local officials to take actions to prevent localized hotspots from becoming COVID wildfires.

Municipal or county actions, such as restrictions on essential businesses, full business closures, or restrictions on gatherings/capacity that differ from statewide rules, are impermissible and will be invalidated.