The South Jersey Transportation Authority Administration Building, Farley Service Plaza, Elwood, NJ. Read more Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer

by Andrew Seidman Updated Aug. 14, 2025, 4:00 p.m. ET | Published Aug. 14, 2025, 3:28 p.m. ET

A New Jersey grand jury has indicted one current and one former commissioner of the South Jersey Transportation Authority after they allegedly used their public office to retaliate against a political foe, prosecutors said Thursday.

Christopher M. Milam, 46, a commissioner and former board vice chairman, and former commissioner Bryan J. Bush, 53, are accused of conspiring in 2023 to deny payments to an agency contractor that had fallen out of favor with Democratic power broker George E. Norcross III , prosecutors said.

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