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Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

LC control no.n 79091601
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Corporate name headingPort Authority of New York and New Jersey
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Variant(s)Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Port Authority of NY & NJ
See alsoHierarchical subordinate: Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation
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Predecessor: Port of New York Authority
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Beginning date19720701
Associated countryU.S.
Associated placeN.Y. N.J.
LocatedNew York, N.Y.
Found inIts Annual report ... 1974-
Airport statistics (New York, N.Y.). Airport statistics, 1980: t.p. (Port Authority of New York & New Jersey)
LC manual cat. (hdg.: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; body consisting of 6 commissioners; 3 res. voters from state of NY and 3 from NJ; name changed from Port of New York Authority by legis. in 1972)
Moody's mun & govt. man., 1985 (Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (fromerly Port of New York Authority); created 1921; pres. name adopted 1972; in 1962 Hudson Tubes facility (railroad formerly operated by Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co.) merged into Port of New York Authority and reorgan. as Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH))
Annual report, 1972: cover p. 2 (on July 1, 1972 the Port Authority's name was officially changed to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)