Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday will announce that the state is taking over major rehabilitation projects at LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, sources tell our Ken Lovett.
Cuomo, during his
at 1:30 p.m., will announce the plan — which sources say is designed to speed up the rebuilding process at the airports by circumventing the normal bureaucracy of the bistate Port Authority.
New Jersey Gov.
, who controls the Port Authority along with Cuomo, is said to have signed off on the deal.
Lovett reports Cuomo, per sources, is fast-tracking the airport projects in much the same way he accelerated the rebuilding of the timeworn
.
Unclear: Whether Christie will, in turn, get unilateral control over Port Authority properties located in the Garden State.
New York will not have the power to single-handedly approve any new projects or extra funding, Lovett reports, but only determine how they are carried out.
Cuomo aides declined comment.
Cuomo on Tuesday teased the plan during an event with
.
“LaGuardia and JFK are inexcusable, frankly, that they have not been redeveloped to keep pace with the best international airports,” Cuomo said. “And that’s something that we’re going to attend to.”
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