There it is, New Jersey. A new year and a new decade just days away. Time to celebrate a fresh start — and look forward to a new Springsteen album and tour.

Well, calm down. 2020 could bring new rounds of pain to the Garden State, whether it be rising taxes, rage-inducing transit delays, or non-stop talk about that pesky presidential election.

Here’s a look at what could irk you in the 366 days (yes, it’s a leap year) ahead:

1. Your property taxes are likely to go up. Again.

In case your angry neighbor hasn’t reminded you lately, New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the nation. The average bill in 2018 (the most recent data available) was $8,767.

That average went up by a mere $77 from the year before, which Gov. Phil Murphy trumpets as the lowest increase in state history. That’s true. But it’s still an increase.

And chances are they’ll go up again in 2020, though Murphy told NJ Advance Media this month one of the big goals of the second half of his first term is to “crack the back of property taxes."

2. There could be another fight over a millionaires tax. And maybe the sales tax.

Murphy also told NJ Advance Media he’ll make a third push to raise taxes on the state’s millionaires. That, he argues, would help the middle class by providing more money for education, transportation, public-worker pensions, and, yes, property tax relief.

The governor also hinted he wants other tax hikes and fees on gun owners, opioid manufacturers, and businesses that don’t pay healthcare. And he suggested he could push again to increase the state’s sales tax from 6.625 percent to the old rate of 7 percent.

“Tax fairness is still a pursuit of ours, and we’re not going away until we get it,” Murphy said.

But if you’re a millionaire or corporation, this may bother you. Plus, Murphy, a progressive Democrat, has twice failed to get the more moderate leaders of the Democratic-controlled state Legislature to go along with his plans. They say the state is overtaxed as it is and they won’t sign off on tax hikes without state spending cuts and other reforms.

It’s unclear if lawmakers would drop their resistance this time. That means, like the last two years, there could be another threat of a state government shutdown, which could shutter state parks, beaches, and services around the July 4 holiday again.

3. Voters may legalize marijuana. But don’t expect to smoke legally this year.

New Jersey’s leaders failed a few times to get enough members of the Legislature to pass a bill to legalize recreational marijuana here — another major Murphy campaign promise. Now, the state’s voters will decide at the ballot box in November whether to make the drug legal.

State leaders say a referendum isn’t ideal, but it’s better than nothing. Of course, if the question passes, it’ll likely rile opponents who fear pot will ruin Jersey. And even proponents may be unhappy because they likely won’t be able to light up legally until early 2021, after regulations and dispensaries are set up. Plus, the state will be inundated for months with commercials, digital ads, and billboards lobbying for or against the referendum until the vote.

Then there’s the issue of arrests. Murphy often cites that hundreds of people — largely people of color — get arrested each week in New Jersey on weed charges. That will continue until the vote, unless leaders can pass a law decriminalizing the drug (meaning you’d get a fine instead of jail time).

Murphy has endorsed that idea. But a proposal hasn’t made much headway in the Legislature yet, thanks to fears it would simply beef up the black market for weed.

Giants quarterback Daniel Jones has started numerous games in his rookie season. But the team is 3-11 so far.Andrew Mills | NJ Advance Media

4. No Super Bowl for the Giants or Jets.

It’s isn’t easy these days to root for the pro football teams in New Jersey (yes, we know what we wrote, New York). Neither the Giants nor Jets are heading to the NFL playoffs. That means the Super Bowl title will elude them again.

(Of course, the Eagles’ playoff hopes are still alive. Plus, in basketball, the 76ers and Nets have winning records, even if the Knicks are still lowly. In hockey, the Islanders are having a stellar season and the Rangers are above .500, though the Devils are below. In baseball, the Yankees (hello, Gerrit Cole), Mets, and Phillies will be possible if not likely contenders. And we heard Rutgers has a new football coach ...)

5. Another year of NJ Transit?!

Ask anyone who commutes to New York via train or bus, and they probably have a horror story of the delays and cancellations they’ve had to endure on NJ Transit.

Murphy has vowed to fix the oft-troubled agency “if it kills me.” Indeed, the governor and state lawmakers have increased transit funding increased and new engineers are graduating.

But there are still issues to be worked out. Murphy recently told NJ Advance Media he can’t provide “a specific date” for when trains and buses will run on time.

“Batting 1,000 is the objective,” he said. “We’re getting there.”

6. And no Hudson River rail tunnel yet?

New Jersey state and federal lawmakers have been fighting for years to build a new rail tunnel underneath the Hudson River and a new Portal Bridge over the Hackensack River, the first so they can fix the existing tunnel damaged by Hurricane Sandy and the second so the century-old span won’t keep getting stuck and delaying train traffic in and out of Penn Station in New York City.

They and New York had a deal with the federal government to foot half the bill. But Donald Trump became president, and the Republican continued to stick his finger in the eye of U.S. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, a leading advocate of the plan, even though the president himself hails from New York City.

Congress is writing a new infrastructure bill this year, with or without Trump’s involvement, and everyone involved on the House side says they’ll include Gateway funding. But there’s no guarantee the Senate will go along or the president will sign the bill.

7. Oh yeah, the president has been impeached. (And there’s the already heated election.)

To some, Trump’s impeachment is necessary to protect the U.S. Constitution. To others, it’s an unfair, partisan witch hunt. In fact, one of New Jersey’s Democratic congressmen, Jeff Van Drew, already switched parties after voting no on impeachment.

Regardless, this is only the third time in American history that the country’s leader has been impeached. And as Trump prepares for a trial in the U.S. Senate, expect the year to begin with nonstop media coverage and endless arguments with your friends, family members, and random people at the doctor’s office.

Then, expect that to continue for months, thanks to an increasingly tense presidential election, in which a boatload of Democrats — including New Jersey’s own Cory Booker — are vying for the nomination to unseat Trump in November.

Remember how nasty 2016 was? Triple it. And no matter who wins, the other side really — REALLY — isn’t going to be happy.

(Of course, New Jersey has critical elections of its own. In addition to Booker possibly being on the ballot as a presidential or vice presidential candidate, he could also run for re-election to his U.S. Senate seat. And all 12 of the state’s U.S. House seats will be on the ballot. Revulsion at Trump helped Democrats win 11 of the 12 in 2018.)

President Donald Trump speaks during a rally earlier this month.AP

8. Prepare to pay more if you drive into New York.

And you thought travel by train was the only pain? Tolls at the Hudson River crossings — like the George Washington Bridge and Holland and Lincoln tunnels — are set to rise on Jan. 5 under a plan from the Port Authority.

Peak tolls using E-ZPass will go up from $12 to $13.75, and off-peak will increase from $10.50 to $11.75. Cash tolls will jump from $15 to $16.

9. More of your favorite stores may close.

It’s been a rough year for retail across the country. Chains like Dress Barn, A.C. Moore, and Avenue joined the list of those going out of business. Places like Sears, Acme and Garden State-based Bed Bath & Beyond are shuttering some of their New Jersey locations, too.

Many of the closings will happen after the new year. And there’s always the fear more will follow as online shopping continues to grow.

10. Your health care could get cut.

A federal appeals court has struck down the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that everyone must have health insurance. Violators used to be fined but Republicans removed the penalty as part of their tax law, the one that screwed New Jersey in other ways

The appeals court asked the lower court whether the entire health care law should be thrown out as a result. If that happens, 800,000 New Jerseyans could lose their health insurance and cost the state billions in federal dollars thousands, as well as thousands of jobs in the health care industry, according to liberal think tank New Jersey Policy Perspective.

Raymond Castro, the group’s health policy director, said it would be “catastrophic” for the Garden State, hurting its economy and creating a state budget crisis.

11. You’re not getting your property tax deduction back. Yet.

The Republican tax law that Trump signed in 2017 stuck it to high-tax states like New Jersey that primarily elect Democrats. It did that by capping at $10,000 how much you can deduct in local and state taxes. That was the first time ever that the state and local tax deduction was limited.

Democrats in the state have tried many ways to restore the break or get around the limit. But so far no luck.

There was a breakthrough last week when the Democratic-led U.S. House passed a bill to bring the deduction back. Still, there seems to be little fervor to pass the bill in the Republican-controlled U.S. Senate. (Republicans argue that the deduction was a subsidy to high-tax states, even though the states hardest hit already send billions of dollars more to Washington than they receive in service.)

Daisy Ridley as Rey in a scene from "Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker." AP

12. No new “Star Wars” movie is scheduled.

Get your fill of “The Rise of Skywalker." Because while the past four few years have seen the release of a “Star Wars," Disney doesn’t have a new one on the slate until 2022.

May the force be with you while you wait.

13. Some on food stamps are set to lose benefits.

Trump’s administration announced new rules that could take away food stamps from 12,000 of the more than 673,000 New Jerseyans who receive them.

The regulations would make it harder for states to waive the current restrictions on able-bodied adults without dependents. The administration says the goal is to move more people able to work into jobs the nation’s growing economy.

But critics say most people who can work are already doing that, and after Republicans increased the federal deficit by $1.9 trillion over 10 years to fund their tax cut, they can hep the poorest put food on the table.

14. Your energy rates could also go up.

The Trump administration just passed another new rule that could cause New Jerseyans’ electric rates to increase.

The regulation would force clean energy producers to raise their prices to compensate for the government subsidies they receive. That means that coal and natural gas could be cheaper than solar or wind when energy producers sell their power to the regional energy grid. It affects PJM Interconnection, which serves 65 million homes in New Jersey, 11 other states, and Washington, D.C.

The oil and coal industries are among the biggest donors to Trump’s presidential campaign.

15. Jersey may say goodbye to Jon Bon Jovi.

The Garden State’s second-favorite rocker has lived for decades in a Middletown mansion. But he recently put it on the market for $20 million. No word yet on whether he’ll buy a new home in the state or head to one of his other homes in Manhattan, the Hamptons, or Florida.

Will the state’s governor — who has lived near Bon Jovi and his family for years — pass an executive order to make him stay?

“I can’t speak about Jon,” a smiling Murphy told NJ Advance Media. “Jon is a New Jersey icon, that’s all that I know.”

NJ Advance Media staff writer Matt Arco contributed to this report.

Brent Johnson may be reached at bjohnson@njadvancemedia.com. Follow him on Twitter @johnsb01.

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