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Assembly panel approves bills to force more oversight over Port Authority
No officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey appeared Thursday at an Assembly hearing to discuss bills designed to make the agency more accountable.
The bistate agency’s snub didn’t stop the Assembly Transportation Public Works and Independent Authorities Committee from voting to release four bills that would make the agency more accountable and transparent in light of headlines about rampant overtime, hiring of the politically connected and the fiasco over last summer’s hastily approved toll and PATH fare hikes. (Higgs, Gannett)
