Friday, February 03, 2012

Port Authority officials are no-shows at hearing called by NJ lawmakers

Port Authority officials are no-shows at hearing called by NJ lawmakers

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2, 2012  
BY SHAWN BOBURG AND JOHN REITMEYER
STAFF WRITERS
THE RECORD

TRENTON — Port Authority officials were no-shows at a Thursday hearing called by lawmakers who criticized the embattled agency for secrecy and a lack of accountability.

Legislators advanced bills that they said would tighten controls and shed light on the agency. But some acknowledged that making the bills into laws could be a challenge because identical legislation must be approved in both New Jersey and New York to have any effect on the bi-state agency.

The authority’s top executive from New Jersey, former state Sen. Bill Baroni, did not attend the hearing. A Port Authority spokeswoman said the invitation from the committee was not addressed to Baroni, but rather to his New York counterpart who was in Washington D.C. on Thursday.

http://www.northjersey.com/news/Port_Authority_officials_no-shows_at_NJ_Assembly_hearing.html

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