NYC’s Port Authority Moving Forward After Dysfunction

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has begun to move forward over the last year after being labeled “a challenged and dysfunctional organization suffering from a lack of consistent leadership.”

Looking at 1 World Trade Center from Sixth Avenue. The Port Authority has been criticized for its spending on the WTC site. Amal Chen/The Epoch Times

NEW YORK—The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has begun to move forward over the last year after being labeled “a challenged and dysfunctional organization suffering from a lack of consistent leadership,” according to independent consultant reports released Wednesday.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie control the regional entity, which has a hand in a bevy of transportation and infrastructure systems and projects in the New York metropolitan area.

After the Port Authority proposed toll and fare increases in 2011 on its PATH system, a trans-Hudson subway system serving New Jersey and New York, and the six bridges and tunnels it controls, including the Lincoln Tunnel and the George Washington Bridge, the governors ordered a comprehensive review and audit of the agency.