In July 2017 , while holding the position of Bergen County prosecutor prior to becoming New Jersey Attorney General , Gurbir Grewal ordered the Mahwah police department not to enforce a ban on non-New Jersey residents using parks in Mahwah , stating his concern that a ban could lead to anti-Semitic religious profiling against the growing population of Orthodox Jews in Mahwah and those visiting from neighboring Rockland County , New York . On December 14 , 2017 , following the advice of legal counsel , the Mahwah council repealed the still-unenforced ban on out-of-state park users , and abandoned an attempt to amend the sign ordinance to bar " other matter " ( the lechis ) from being affixed to utility poles to form an Orthodox Jewish eruv
not to enforce a ban
2017–18 Bergen County eruv controversy
Mahwah, New Jersey