OCTOBER 2019 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM NEW YORK'S A Airport VoicIRPORT CeOMMUNITIES
A SOMBER
DAY AT JFK JFK Airport holds third annual 9-11 Memorial Service.
Hundreds gather to remember lost loved ones.
JFK Airport General Manager Charles Everett leads the service in the Pledge of Allegiance
Port Authority approves
hikes, AirTrain upped,
for-hire fees lowered
Highlights of the changes for
infrastructure investment
First across the board changes since 2015
Port Board Commissioners George McDonald, Kevin
O'Toole listen to a speaker at one public hearing.
Amid record-setting use of its facilities
and with major redevelopment projects
underway across the region, the Port
Authority Board of Commissioners approved
the first inflation-based adjustments
to the agency’s tolls, fares and fees
since 2015 in line with the inflation-adjusted
schedule mandated by the Board
in 2008 and reaffirmed in 2011.
at it’s September meeting. The Port
Authority Board adopted the plan following
robust public engagement period including
seven public hearings that generated
more than 1,300 comments.
In a move to respond to overwhelming
for-hire, predominantly medallion
owners who claimed initial proposals
overburdening, the Port reduced the
proposed fees substantially in the final
plan. An airport ground transportation
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See 9-11 coverage on pages 16-17
Dr. Gerrard
Bushell
appointed as
CAG Chief, to
oversee JFK
Terminal One
development.
U.S. DOT
Secretary
Chao delivers
checks for
LaGuardia and
NY airports.
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Farewell
to
summer
fairways.
It was a
great time
SEE COVERAGE
PAGES 22 & 25
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