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Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and Governor Chris Christie today announced the new Goethals Bridge will open to traffic this weekend, marking the first opening of a major new bridge by the Port Authority since the Bayonne Bridge was completed in 1931. The new $1.5 billion cable-stayed crossing over the Arthur Kill between Staten Island, New...
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The Port Authority’s Board of Commissioners authorized $57 million in planning funds for the first phase of the PATH system extension to Newark Liberty International Airport, a projected $1.7-billion project that is a key component of the board’s 2017-2026 capital plan and essential to improved regional rail service for the commuting...
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Spiro Harrison, a full-service boutique law firm based in Short Hills and New York, announced that former federal prosecutor and experienced litigator Eric H. Jaso has joined the Firm as partner. Jaso will lead the Firm’s growing white-collar criminal investigations, government investigations, health care and government law...
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Retail leasing specialists R.J. Brunelli & Co., LLC, announced that it has been selected by Asian Food Markets as its exclusive broker for store sites in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, with a particular focus on Brooklyn, Queens and northern New Jersey.
Asian Food Markets, a retailer of Asian groceries from China, Taiwan,...
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Gebroe-Hammer Associates, a multi-family investment sales brokerage firm in the Garden State and the entire New Jersey/Pennsylvania/New York region, has promoted three of its top-producing brokers and one administrative professional to new executive management positions, announced Ken Uranowitz, president. Debbie Pomerantz of Passaic...
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The Port Authority Board of Commissioners recently approved the agency’s largest ever $32.2 billion 2017-2026 Capital Plan, which reflects the agency’s continuing return to its core transportation mission and is expected to generate hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions in overall economic activity for the region.
The plan...
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Lakeland Bank announces its first branch in New York State will be located in Highland Mills, N.Y., and the Bank has hired Heather Foley as Vice President, Branch Manager and Debra McCarron as Assistant Treasurer, Branch Operations Manager. The facility features the latest banking technology including modern teller pod stations, an ATM...
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Passenger levels again reached record heights at the New York/New Jersey metropolitan airports in 2016, with more than 130 million air passengers – approximately 6 million, or 4.7 percent, more than in 2015 – using the world’s busiest airport system.
The 2016 figures marked the fourth consecutive year of record-setting passenger...
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The Port Authority today released for public review and comment the agency’s proposed 2017 $3.1 billion Operating Budget that funds ongoing operations, maintenance and security at all agency facilities and provides for the first full year of operations at the World Trade Center Transportation Hub, retail complex and other World Trade...
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The Port Authority announced today it is seeking to continue an existing policy that provides an age limit exemption for military veterans seeking to join the Port Authority Police Department to help recruit qualified candidates for the 1,800-member force. The agency’s Board of Commissioners is scheduled to vote on the measure at its...
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Budweiser launched the 'Beer With Your Buds' National Survey—a first-of-its-kind study that asked 2,000 Americans (conducted by Learndipity Data Insights, ages 21+) to choose their top drink to enjoy with friends at a bar or other social venue.
With 44% of New Yorkers opting for beer as their drink of choice in social...
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Cullen and Dykman LLP, one of New York’s general practice law firms, announces that all attorneys from New Jersey-based Sokol Behot LLP will join Cullen and Dykman as of August 1, 2016.
“The integration of these outstanding practitioners from Sokol Behot with Cullen and Dykman provides an ideal fit,” said Christopher H. Palmer,...
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Governor Chris Christie announced today that the States of New Jersey and New York have joined forces in the national fight against heroin and opioid addiction by sharing data to track prescription sales of narcotic painkillers and other drugs that often lead to addiction.
“New Jersey and New York share a close relationship in which...
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Ensuring the safety and reliability of the George Washington Bridge well into the future, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners acted on two major rehabilitation projects within a larger, 10-year investment program called “Restoring the George,” for the world’s busiest bridge.
The board approved a contract with Judlau...
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As negotiators for NJ Transit and its unions reported progress but failed to reach an agreement Tuesday to prevent a debilitating train shutdown, the agency’s leaders, employees and regulators turned their attention to a quirk in timing that may save New Jersey commuters plenty of headaches: Any lockout or strike probably will start at...
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