Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Port Authority

What Will It Take for Assemblyman Kellner to Vote for Pricing?

By Ben Fried | Jan 28, 2008 | 12 Comments

Two weeks ago, State Assemblyman Micah Kellner submitted a report to the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission [pdf] detailing his concerns about the two pricing plans in the TCMC’s interim report. Kellner’s district encompasses both of the congestion zone’s proposed northern boundaries, running from 60th Street to about 90th Street, and from 3rd Avenue to the […]

The Power of Moses: Please Wield Responsibly

By Sarah Goodyear | Feb 14, 2007 | 2 Comments

An op-ed piece by Eleanor Randolph in today’s New York Times finds yet another lesson in the current re-examination of Robert Moses’s legacy. Randolph looks at the enormously powerful entities, usually known as authorities, that Moses left behind: "public-private hybrid[s] that can collect fees, take on debt and build things with little government interference." Randolph […]

Are Port Authority’s Airport Expansionists Flying Blind?

By Sarah Goodyear | Jan 25, 2007 | 37 Comments

The top brass over at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey are patting themselves on the back about the PA’s plan to take over Stewart Airport near Newburgh, NY. "The region clearly needs additional capacity for air travel," Anthony Coscia, the agency’s chairman, was quoted as saying in the New York Times. […]