At any Sunday, Massive American Dream Shopping Center in New Jersey allows visitors to hit the slope of the internal skiing, browse in an artificial wave, ride a roller coaster-orard shopping for new outfits for dozens of the most famous retail stores.
One of these things is a problem, says a new lawsuit against the mass entertainment and retail complex in East Rutherford – and it’s not exciters.
American Dream, a lawsuit from a nearby support officers, claims to be executing a county law that has long forbidden to sell minor items such as clothing, appliances and furniture on Sundays.
Such “blue laws” have been dated to new Jersey for centuries and were originally based on religion. But modern supporters say they offer a greeting break for the locals from the traffic and noise in the region near the New York city, which is carrying out buyers throughout the week.
Officials, the main supermarket, which boasts three large supermarkets and miles of miles, says that almost every other county retail store is closed to buyers on Sundays.
Initially, it was an American Dream plan when it opened in 2019, next to Metlife Stadium, starring NFL Jets and Giantts. Retail shops will be closed on Sunday and the shopping center theme parks will remain open – but in January. Northjersey.com reports that retailers have also opened the door for almost a year.
“These businesses, encouraging and supporting the ownership of the mall and the consent of other defendants, have violated the law since January, if not thousands of times,” says the claim in a higher court.
The American Dream statement states that Bergen County Blue Laws do not apply to the complex because it is intended for state assets.
“The court’s action is without any political cascaders determined by the interests of private competitors,” the report said.
However, the “support” mayor Christopher Dipiazza said the American Dream “promised to record” that when he opened the county blue laws, he would comply with the county blue laws.
2011 A copy of the public hearing shows Tony Armlin, the then Mall’s Vice President Triple Five, saying that the law “prohibits our possibilities on Sundays to carry out retail activities”, which he said would limit the impact of the traffic.
Jim Tedesco, Bergen County, which is also named in the application, is executive director, the American Dream operators said “personally assured him” that they would keep the retailers closed on Sunday before opening the mall.
“They ended this promise,” he said. “Their decision to operate retail on Sundays not only violates the Statute of the State, but also gives an unfair advantage over all other Bergen County businesses that follow the law.”
The lawsuit also states East Rusterford, whose mayor has not returned the request to comment, and the new Jersey Sports and Exposition Service. The NJSEA and the State Prosecutor General’s Office rejected the comment because they do not discuss the waiting litigation.
New Jersey Blue Laws were initially much stricter and enforced throughout the country. They banned not only business operations, but also leisure activities and minor journeys when supporters argue that the state and nation had a moral duty to protect the sabat from trade and rest.
Although most of the New Jersey counties no longer have them, Bergen County leaders have repeatedly opposed attempts to eliminate them, and the county voters supported the measures that dismiss some services, including undergraduate and drug stores.
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Philip Marcel in New York contributed to this report.