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MEDIA ADVISORY- SPECIAL OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO HOLD A PORT AUTHORITY REFORM PANEL 

DISCUSSION IN PUBLIC SESSION 

Date: Apr 17.2014 

Press Release Number: 78-2014 

On Monday, 1\pri! 21 at ~J:OO a.m. on the ·t5th floor of Port AuthoJity headquarters at225 Park Avenue South, the Special 

Oversight CommiHee will hold a Port Authority Reform panel discussion with several long-lime independent observers of the 

organization_ The discussion will focus on reform recommendations tile Special Oversight Committee can make that will allow 

the agency meet the long-term transportation, infrastn.~eture and economic needs of the New York and New Jersey region 

moving forward 

hWlen it comes to reform at the Por1 Authority. everything is on the table·· said Special Oversight Committee Chairman Sco\l 

Rechler. "In this spirit, this panel of expelis will provide the Special Oversight Committee wi!h important independent 

perspectives \hat we need as we consider the appropriate reforms 1equired to ensure the Port Authority is positioned to respond 

to the transpor1atlon <>nd economk needs of the region effectively and efficiently. Our hope is to get both ac!ion~ble advice 

relating to governance and organizational reforms that can be implemented immediately, as we!! as suggestions for potential 

longer-term changes that can be evakJaled and, If appropriate, implemented going forward_" 

-This panel discussion will give !he Committee and the public an opportunity to hear directly from several experts to get their 

insights into reforming the Port Authority,· said Special Oversight Committee Vice Chairman Richard Bagger. "From Board 

govermmce and senior management structure to !he business model and operations of the Port Authority, this panel discussion 

will help the Committee ensure that the Port Authority con!lnues to meet its core mission and that our Board members carry out 

effectively their fiduGimy responsibilities in the oversight of the strategic direction and management of the Port Authority." 

The panel will include: 

Mitchel! Moss, Henry Hart Rice Professor of Urban Policy and Planning and Director of the Rudin Center for 

Transportation at New York University 

Robert Yaro. President of the Regional Plan Association 

Martin Robins, Founding Director of the Alan M. Voorhees Transportation Center at Rutgers University and former 

Director of Planning at the Port Authority 

Carol Kellermann, President of the Cllizens Budget Commission 

Jameson Doig, Princeton University Professor and author of the book. Empire or; the Hudson 

The reform pane! discussion will be open to the public and held on /\pril 21 at 9;00 a.m. at the Port Authority's headquarters at 

225 Park Avenue South, 15th Hoar in New York. City. The meeting also will be broadcast on the Port Authority's Web sitewww.panyni.gov. 

Background on the Special Oversight Committee 

In February 2014, the Port Authority Board of Commissioners created a new Special Oversight Committee \·lith the responsibility 

to ensure that the Port Authority continues to meet its core mission and that the Board of Commissioners fulfills its fiducial)' 

responsibllilies in the oversight of the operation and management of the Port Authority. 

The function of the Special Oversight Committee ls to seNe as a forward-looking committee that will examine the governance, 

structure and operational oversight of the organization and make the necessary recommendations to the full Board of 

Commissioners. The mission of the committee !s not to be duplicative of ongoing investigations or inquiries affecting the Port 

Authority. but to ensure lila! the Board is providing the level of oversight, governance and direction that meets the Jong-tem1 core 

mission of the Port Authority while providing accountability that the public deserves. 

CONTACT: 

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212-435-7777 

Founded in 1921, U1e Port Au/ilorily of New York and New Jersey lmi!ds. operates. and maintains many of tile most importanr 

transportation and trade fnfrastruc/ure assets in the country. Tile agency's nel:lvork of a via/fan, ground, rar1, and seaport facilities 

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is among /he busiest in the country. supports more than 550.000 regional jobs. and generates more than $23 billion m annual 

wages and $80 bif!ion io annual economic activity. The Port Au/1101i/yalso owns and manages the 16-acre World Trade Cen/et 

site. wlnne cons/ruction crows are buifding tile iconic One World Trade Center. whic/J is now the /a/lest skyscraper in tile 

Western Hemisphere. The Port Authority receives no tm: revenue from either the State of Ne'li York or New Jersey or from tile 

City of New York The agency raises the necessal}' funds for tile improvement, construction or acquisition of its facilities primarily 

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