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The correct full name of the authority that owns the WTC site is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NOT the NY Port Authority

I believe I said exactly that in my post #15312, correcting IrishRainy who contended that the building was privately owned.

The mayor of New York City has absolutely no say as to how the Port Authority is run.

True. But in this instance, the Port Authority was simply the landlord.

I have no idea what agency was responsible for WTC emergency planning...

That would be NY City officials--NYPD, NYFD and the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management. There was an article published just the other day and posted at FR:

What Giuliani likes to remember about 9-11—and what he actually did (or didn't do)

The 9/11 Commission has also made a wealth of information available:

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

I believe I said exactly that in my post #15312, correcting IrishRainy who contended that the building was privately owned.

I was responding to Wagglebee's initial post, which called it the NY Port Authority, not that post. You certainly got the name correct there, and are correct that the Port Authority owned both the land and the buildings. The confusion comes because the buildings were LEASED to Silverstein Properties - a private developer (Silverstein has since relinquished part of the lease on some of the new buildings, including the Freedom Tower, if I remember correctly).

True. But in this instance, the Port Authority was simply the landlord.

Because the Port Authority was owner of the World Trade Center, New York City building and construction codes didn't apply to the buildings - just like in any New York state office building. They still don't. This has become an issue recently with the Freedom Tower. And other city laws might not apply to the Port Authorty's operations of its buildings either.

I have no idea what agency was responsible for WTC emergency planning...

That would be NY City officials--NYPD, NYFD and the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management. There was an article published just the other day and posted at FR:

While the NYPD, NYFD and OEM were certainly responsible for emergency RESPONSE, nothing in the article you linked discusses emergency PLANNING for the buildings themselves. Wagglebee's contention is that emergency planning in the buildings hadn't changed since the 1993 bombing, and it was Giuliani's fault. That's not clear. For example, the Port Authority put up additional emergency lighting in the stairways after 1993 - even though they were not required to because NYC building codes didn't apply. That alone made the evacuation easier on 9/11 than in 1993.