New Jersey Meadowlands Commission
The New Jersey Meadowlands Commission (NJMC) is the state planning and zoning authority for the 30.4 square-mile Meadowland District, a region of marshes, industrial areas and residential zones five miles from Manhattan.
In creating the agency in 1968, the New Jersey Legislature assigned the NJMC – in addition to its land use role – jurisdiction over the District’s solid waste management plan, the responsibility of providing solid waste disposal sites and a mandate to protect the delicate balance of nature while providing for orderly development. The agency provides an increasingly broad array of services to the 14 District municipalities as well as carrying out an aggressive environmental agenda.
