Originally Posted by
Dan Winterland
As for the question, should the Ports Authority be running airfields.
Being a "Port Authority" is just a US bureaucratic workaround for a public body which crosses state boundaries, in this instance both sides of the Hudson embracing New York and New Jersey states. It appears that other types of public ownership, unless by the Federal Government itself, are not possible which cross state boundaries. The one in New York does all types of transport - the airports, bus terminals, bridges, some subway lines, harbour installations, etc.