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JERSEY CITY— In spite of months of pressure from some members of his own task force and hundreds of thousand of dollars in outside lobbying efforts, the state official refused to bend. The Liberty State Park redesign project — which could cost the state as much as $1 billion when completed — will move forward with a delicate balance of athletic facilities, passive recreation areas and environmentally friendly tideland areas, state Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Sean LaTourette said Tuesday night after the final redesign task force meeting. “We’ve completed the charge,” the…

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