Kathryn Brenzel/NJ.com

HOBOKEN? A state Assembly committee on Monday favored the proposed expansion of a New York City subway into New Jersey, a modest step for a plan that would provide another connection between Hoboken and Manhattan.

The Assembly Transportation, Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee pushed through a resolution in support of expanding the New York City Number 7 subway into New Jersey, according to the state legislature's website. The extension would include stops in Hoboken and Secaucus and bring 128,000 more riders per day between Manhattan and New Jersey, according to the resolution.

The resolution follows the 2010 cancelation of Governor Chris Christie's Access to the Region's Core Tunnel project, which included two new rail tunnels under the Hudson River between New Jersey and Manhattan. A feasibility report released in April by the New York City Economic Development Corporation was a game changer, according to the resolution.

The report found that the extension would increase ridership and provide commuters with a direct route to Grand Central Terminal and other major New York City subway routes, according to the resolution.

According to NJBiz, the resolution faces an uphill battle. Though the committee voted to release the resolution for further consideration, legislators testified on Monday that alternatives should be explored, NJBiz reported.