The following joint statement is being issued by U.S. Representative Nellie Pou, State Senator Benjie Wimberly, Assemblyman Al Abdelaziz, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco, Bergen County Commissioner Chair Steven A. Tanelli, Vice Chair Tracy Silna Zur, Chair Pro Tempore Dr. Joan M. Voss, and Commissioners Mary J. Amoroso, Rafael Marte, Germaine M. Ortiz, and Thomas J. Sullivan regarding the cancellation of a music event that had been scheduled to take place in Garfield:

Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and the Board of Commissioners announce that Bergen County will distribute 25 pairs of tickets to three upcoming FIFA World Cup matches at New Jersey New York Stadium through a randomized lottery open. The ticket lottery is open exclusively to Bergen County first responders who live in Bergen County.

County Executive James J. Tedesco III, the Board of Commissioners, and the Bergen County Parks Department, are pleased to inform that The Lakes at Darlington County Park will be open for our full summer schedule, every day, beginning Friday, June 19.

Goya Presents Flag Cities in partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health today announced that all seven Flag Cities events will now be free and open to the public thanks to the support of Choose New Jersey, the State of New Jersey, NJEDA, NY/NJ Host Committee and the host municipalities and counties participating in the program, including Bergen County.