Executives at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey have one week to turn over documents in a continuing investigation into lane closings approaching the George Washington Bridge.
Three New York elected officials have joined the call for the resignation of Gov. Chris Christie's top appointee to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey following unannounced lane closings at the George Washington Bridge created a traffic nightmare in Fort Lee.
Democrats in New Jersey are still trying to find out if access lane in Fort Lee to the George Washington Bridge were closed in September as political payback to the town’s mayor for not endorsing Gov. Chris Christie’s reelection bid. The Assembly Transportation Committee subpoenaed three high-level Port Authority of New York and New Jersey officials compelling them to testify today.
A Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official is resigning his post effective Jan. 1, saying a controversy over a mysterious traffic problem on the George Washington Bridge has become "a distraction."
The head of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's police union has inserted himself into the controversy over lane closures at the George Washington Bridge that caused traffic nightmares in September.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has approved more than $100 million to continue repairing and rebuilding aging roads at New Jersey's ports.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced a new command structure Tuesday for its police department that it said will improve efficiency and, along with hundreds of new hires over the next 12 months, rein in overtime costs that have risen unchecked in recent years.
Today, the Assembly Transportation Committee approved a measure sponsored by Deputy Speaker John Wisniewski extending the committee’s subpoena power related to its investigation of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. The subpoena power is set to expire in March, but the resolution would extend the authority until the end of the legislative session on Jan. 14, 2014.