A bunch of garages, Oradell included, have been helping out with extra trips on the 126 line due to the PATH outage. These trips are unscheduled extras ("900's") that are sent out on a load and go basis. I was almost summoned to do that yesterday as I was on roll call but given a run on the 167 instead at the last minute.
But lemme tell you... I saw a couple of Novas out there! Or might have been the same one, idk cause I didn't catch the number the second time, but the first time I'm pretty sure it was 1438 or something similar. AFAIK the only garage that still has Novas is Orange so looks like they're helping out as well. I guess their operators, at least some of them, are NYC certified.
I was just thinking about this earlier: Transit must really be feeling the hurt with the 126 because not only is it more crowded than ever with Hoboken booming more than ever - they don't have any independent help anymore. Up to a few years ago, they had independents such as Red Apple and later Academy competing with the 126. No more, now it's all Transit and IMO I don't know if they can handle it all by themselves. May be time to see if another private wants to come in and help out, at least during rush hours.