"You Can't Trust Anyone"
A former Christie staffer, Christina Renna, testified before an investigative committee yesterday - the first time a Christie official has given Bridgegate testimony. Matt Katz, reporter for NJPR...
View ArticleAirport Workers Trumpet Their Push to Unionize
Nearly 3,800 cabin cleaners, wheelchair agents and other passenger service workers – employees of New York City-area airports' largest contractors – signed cards saying they want to be a part of 32BJ...
View ArticleJersey City Sues the Port Authority
Jersey City is suing the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey for $315 million in back taxes. The bi-state agency owns 40 properties in Jersey City, but isn't required to pay real estate taxes...
View ArticleDecrepit Port Authority Bus Terminal Gets a Little Extra Money
After a barrage of complaints from commuters and lawmakers, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced it will spend $90 million to make improvements to its aging bus terminal on...
View ArticleChristie's New Port Man: I Would Have Acted Differently in Bridgegate
In an implicit rebuke to his predecessor, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie's nominee to chair the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says he would have handled Bridgegate differently. John Degnan,...
View ArticlePort Authority Promises Better Days Ahead for Beleaguered Bus Terminal
Commuters, the Port Authority feels your pain.In recent months, its Midtown Manhattan bus terminal has come under fire for being an inefficient "commuting disaster" where passengers roast while waiting...
View ArticleNYC Airports on Record Pace
The five airports under the control of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have set an all-time record for passenger traffic in the first six months of this year.Newark Liberty, John F....
View ArticleManhattan DA Targets Dock Deal by Port Authority
The Record reports the Manhattan District Attorney's Office is probing a secret legal settlement between the Port Authority and a politically connected company that operates on Brooklyn's...
View ArticleAnother PATH Fare Hike, and Riders Are Resigned
A ride on the PATH train will cost more than the subway starting October 1.It’s the fourth and final annual increase approved in 2011, raising the cost of a single ride to $2.75.The fare hikes are part...
View ArticleWindow Washers Rescued from Dangling Scaffold at WTC
Rescue workers had to cut through three layers of glass using a diamond saw from inside the 68th floor of One World Trade Center to rescue two window washers stuck in malfunctioning scaffold dangling...
View ArticleChristie, Cuomo Veto Port Authority Reform; Politicians Howl
Lawmakers and advocates vented widespread frustration on Sunday, just hours after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed legislation intended to clean up the...
View ArticleProgress and Political Ploys at the Port Authority
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) proposed a sweeping set of reforms to the beleaguered Port Authority over the Christmas holiday weekend.They outlined these reforms...
View ArticleThreatened Cuts to Overnight PATH Service Officially Dead
A suggestion to eliminate overnight PATH train service on weeknights, recommended as a money-saving effort by a panel looking into the future of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, has been...
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Every 3.5 Days, Someone Attempts Suicide Off the George Washington Bridge
Every 3.5 days someone makes their way to the pedestrian walkway of the George Washington Bridge to attempt suicide. The only barrier between them and the Hudson River 25 stories below is a waist-high...
View ArticleGovernor Christie’s Favorite Story
This week, Governor Christie made his 13th appearance in Iowa in the past five years.As he often does at campaign speeches, he tells a powerful, personal story about his mother on her deathbed. On the...
View ArticleWhat the Bridgegate Fall Guy's Calendar Tells Us
This week, WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein and Matt Katz talk about their investigation into the calendars maintained by David Wildstein while he was at the Port Authority. The calendars, and a treasure trove...
View ArticleThe Chairman's Dinner
Do scandals linger longer in the public memory when they have great nicknames? If so, this one isn't going anywhere.“The Chairman’s Flight" was the sparsely-traveled United Airlines flight, that ran...
View ArticleFormer Christie Allies Plead Not Guilty to Role in Traffic Scandal
Two former political allies of New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie entered not guilty pleas Monday after they were charged for their alleged involvement in politically motivated lane closures of the George...
View ArticleBridgegate: The Criminal Charges Episode
After a year-and-a-half of traffic jams, emails, texts, legislative hearings, political casualties and late night TV mockery, Bridgegate has its first criminal charges.But there was so much that wasn't...
View ArticleObama Administration To Trans-Hudson Tunnel Stakeholders: Get it Together
The existing tunnels carry hundreds of trains between the two states each day — but they were badly damaged during Sandy and are on the verge of collapse. Amtrak has said the only way to make repairs...
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