Port Authority of NY, NJ to cut 150 jobs in 2010

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey's 2010 preliminary budget calls for 150 job cuts and investing $3.1 billion on capital projects including the World Trade Center.

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Turtles crawl on runway, delay flights at JFK

A runway at John F. Kennedy International Airport was shut down briefly Wednesday morning after at least 78 turtles emerged from a nearby bay and crawled onto the tarmac.

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Woman says she was told to use iPod to pay cabbie

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is investigating an incident where a California woman said she was forced to use her iPod as payment for a cab ride. Natalie Lenhart, 20, of Sacramento, took a cab to the airport in early December, but her credit card was declined.

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Man accused of making license plate 'disappear'

New York authorities didn't see this one coming. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey says the driver of a tractor-trailer rigged the front license plate of his vehicle so that it would "disappear" as he drove through a toll plaza, allowing him to avoid paying the $40 fee.

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NY-NJ Bridge Tolls, Train Fares Going Up

Millions of drivers will pay $2 more to get into New York City and commuter train riders will pay an extra 25 cents in hikes announced Friday by transit officials trying to keep up with post-Sept. 11 expenses.

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Part of N.J. Airport Evacuated Over Odor

A security checkpoint at Newark Liberty International Airport was evacuated Saturday as authorities investigated a possible gas leak, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said.

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Search for Wayward Whippet Called Off

Vivi, the wandering Westminster whippet, still isn't home. Authorities called off a search at John F. Kennedy International Airport for the show dog Thursday after covering the airport's nearly 5,000 acres, said Alan Hicks, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

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Saying "we have no choice," or we'll "end up with an unfinished building," board members also voted to reauthorize work on the consolidated Police Crisis Command Center and Aircraft Rescue and Firefighting facility at LaGuardia Airport.

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A private security guard at Newark Liberty International Airport was arrested on charges of threatening Barack Obama, the night before the president was to fly there.

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Entrepreneur Larry Silverstein lost his bid for more billions as the judge for the U.S. Southern District ruled that 'he had enough'.

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That decision led to the Port being ordered to pay Silverstein $14.5 million in late penalties. By that following December 2008, the Port lost another arbitration decision, costing it $49.5 million.

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SPI says that by firing Phoenix, the authority pulled what the letter called an "about-face," and says the authority's action appears to have been taken without a "coherent construction or construction management strategy in place going forward."

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When it comes to rebuilding the World Trade Center, the Port Authority needs to "figure out a way to come up with something" for financing the project, said Mayor Michael Bloomberg during a radio address on Friday.

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Nearly four weeks after the May 21 Gracie Mansion summit between key stakeholders in the World Trade Center redevelopment, Silverstein Properties Inc.

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Officials say the owners of the World Trade Center site in New York have proposed indefinitely putting off building two of three planned skyscrapers, citing real estate market conditions.

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The Port Authority is paying Larry Silverstein $21.5 million to develop the Freedom Tower - even though he has absolutely no role in building the 1,776-foot icon, the Daily News has learned.

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Charles Gilliam came home to La Porte after Hurricane Ike, set up a tent on his family's last patch of land, and began his legal battle with the Port of Houston Authority.

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- The agency that owns the space where the World Trade Center towers stood is freeing itself of the term "freedom" to describe the signature skyscraper replacing the buildings destroyed on September 11, 2001.

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A Beijing real estate company is becoming the first corporate tenant at the former World Trade Center site.

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One hundred years ago today, the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad opened for business with one mission – to get the passengers to and from the various railroad terminals on the Hudson County New Jersey side of the river to or from Manhattan who would otherwise have to take ferries.

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Cleveland's port could win a bit of the nation's container-shipping market, but only with some hard work and investment, a consultant's report shows.

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(NEW YORK) -- If you've done any traveling lately, you've likely noticed that many airports are looking more like malls.

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A mysterious power outage brought the Kennedy Airport AirTrain to a sudden stop yesterday, stranding hundreds of riders, including 30 who got stuck between stations, officials said.

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Federal officials have warned of terrorist interest in targeting fuel pipelines, but for the Buckeye Pipe Line Co., which operates petroleum conduits in 18 states, the alleged plot nipped by federal authorities was a first, a spokesman said Saturday.

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It was just six inches.

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is resurrecting plans to build a skyscraper over the north wing of the bus terminal on Eighth Avenue between 42nd and 41st Streets.

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New York City is a fun and exciting place to visit. However, it is still a city including the pitfalls of criminal activity. Be sure you and your loved ones know the score. Keep these safety tips in mind whenever you visit the Big Apple or any other city.

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Here is why, almost five years after 9/11, there's still a 16 acre hole in the ground.

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