(U.S. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Amouris Coss)TRENTON - New Jersey’s state police chief asked a former health official to get a relative of a top Murphy administration aide tested for COVID-19 as a favor while the tests were in short supply, a lawsuit claims.Chris Neuwirth said he was fired from his job as assistant health commissioner last month in retaliation for refusing to do the test.
He is asking for the court to reinstate him to his old job and award back pay and damages.The suit, filed Tuesday in state Superior Court in Mercer County, alleges that in April, state police superintendent Col.