Cuomo Takes Bigger Port Role as Scandal Ensnares Christie
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With New Jersey Governor Chris Christie mired in scandal after disclosures that his aides may have engineered a George Washington Bridge traffic jam as political payback, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is taking a bigger role at the agency at the controversy’s heart.
Cuomo will appoint a committee to take over management of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s construction projects at LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy International airports, according to a person familiar with the plan who requested anonymity because it isn’t public.