They have been known to spend a billion dollars in an afternoon, hire their own retired executives for six-figure consultant deals, hand out 22 percent pay hikes, lease land, fix bridges and pay for $300,000 parties. All in secret Operating in a governmental twilight zone, they work mostly behind closed doors, immune from state and federal open public meeting rules even though their decisions affect millions of people. "They operate without transparency or accountability," said New York Assemblyman Richard Brodsky. The mysterious people in question are the 12 commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who...