Governors veto bill to reform Port Authority ALBANY, N.Y. >> The governors of New York and New Jersey jointly vetoed legislation Saturday aimed at overhauling the Port Authority and proposed instead a series of reforms they said would go further in bringing accountability to the agency. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced their vetoes of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey legislation in a joint statement. “While neither governor is approving the legislation as passed, they are urging their respective legislators and the Port Authority to work with them,” the statement said. #AD_text{ font-size: 11px; color: #999999; } (function() { var secondaryMedia = $(“#secondary-media”).css(‘height’); var factbox = $(“#factbox”).css(‘height’); var internalContent = parseInt(secondaryMedia + factbox); if((internalContent The Port Authority, which had a $2.9 billion operating budget in 2014, oversees airports, bridges and tunnels in New York and New Jersey, including John F. Kennedy International Airport, the George Washington Bridge, the World Trade Center sites, the Holland Tunnel and Newark airports. The bill was designed to clean up an agency long known for dysfunction and scandals, including most recently the lane closures at the George Washington Bridge that ensnarled Christie’s administration. Supporters criticized the vetoes. “It’s really just an awful [...] newsinnj/governors-veto-bill-to-reform-port-authority/
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 00:15:38 +0000
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