TRENTON, NJ—New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo vetoed their respective legislatures' bills to reform the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in favor of their own plan.
Christie and Cuomo's release of their own proposals to institute reforms at the Port Authority coincided with the release of a 103-page report from a panel appointed by the two governors.
“These changes reflect the need for a profound and necessary reimagining of the Port Authority governing structure, operations, and transparency in its oversight of the world's largest transportation and commerce network,” Christie said in a statement.
Christie and Cuomo are requesting that each Port Authority commissioner offer to resign, that the two top political appointees overseeing day-to-day operations of the Port Authority be replaced by a CEO chosen after a national search, according to The Record.
The vetoes and release of the report came nearly a year after the George Washington Bridge lane closure scandal prompted investigations into the authority's operations and calls for reform by lawmakers in both states.
John Degnan, chairman of the Port Authority and a member of the panel that issued the report, called the replacement of political appointees with a chief executive the most important development at the agency in 40 years. See story in The Record.
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