Long lines snaked throughout the third floor of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in Manhattan Monday afternoon, well ahead of the usual rush-hour crush, as commuters scrambled to catch shuttles to park-and-ride lots on the other side of the Hudson.

Hey there New Jersey! Here’s your audio update highlighting the end of the NJ Transit strike, a massive brawl at a mall in Edison and a poll shows who is leading the races to be New Jersey’s next governor. Plus, a 100-year-old movie theater in Bergen County is razed.

The initiative by banks and other employers in New York to bring back workers to the office is being undermined by an unexpected roadblock in a neighboring state.