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PAPD of NY/NJ asks feds for MAJOR $1.9 billion bailout as coronavirus pummels travel
Newark Star-Ledger ^ | March 20, 2020 | Larry Higgs

Posted on 03/20/2020 9:09:59 PM PDT by GuavaCheesePuff

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is the latest regional agency to ask federal officials for a bail out, citing coronavirus related travel losses at all its facilities. The request for $1.9 billion was made in a letter to members of the New Jersey and New York congressional delegation Friday, citing a drop in traffic volume or ridership at all of its facilities as the reason. The coronavirus related fall off comes after the authority reported record volumes of traffic the its six bridges and tunnels, four airports, PATH rail system and cargo ports in 2019.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: andrewcuomo; bailout; billdeblasio; economy; finance; itstheeconomy; newyork; newyorkcity
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

So I pay if I use the bridge.
Pay if I don’t use the bridge.

Bailout to fix it cause its falling down from overuse and neglect.
Bailout to cover expenses cause nobody is using it.

Is that about it?


21 posted on 03/21/2020 5:02:44 AM PDT by Macoozie (Handcuffs and Orange Jumpsuits)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

1.9 billion? For what, a dream list of every damned thing the port authority ever could want?
Give em $1.90


22 posted on 03/21/2020 5:31:23 AM PDT by Joe Boucher ( Molon Labe' Baby, Molon Labe)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

NYS is $6.1 bil in the hole.

Send Albany any money, and I guarantee it won’t get where it’s supposed to.

Just a gentle hint to the other 49.


23 posted on 03/21/2020 5:32:47 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: Bob434

Made me laugh! Makes me think of Dr Pol’s techs pulling porcupine quills from dog faces!

We have a few strawberries in the fridge - should keep hubby busy for a bit!


24 posted on 03/21/2020 6:02:54 AM PDT by RebelTXRose (Our Lady of Fatima, Pray for us! PRAY THE ROSARY!)
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To: matt04

“... Let them soak in the misery...”

Unfortunately, WE’RE the ones who have to soak in the misery.

Theses Governors have catered food services, brought to them.

They have armed guards.

They won’t experience ANY disruption of their normal lives.

They are not confined to shelter-in-place, etc.,

And they’re still in office, paying zero price for this, and we’re paying their FULL salaries while we have to deal with reduced incomes and worry about keep the lights on and the mortgage paid.

All things considered, I’d say We The People are the ones getting the middle finger by these assh*les and their political schemes and plots.

Just keep a long memory, remind people WHO is in charge in these states and who is doing this to us, every day, at every opportunity.


25 posted on 03/21/2020 7:05:40 AM PDT by NFHale (The Second Amendment - By Any Means Necessary.)
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To: GuavaCheesePuff

When my kids were young and we came to the gate to pay the toll, I’d tell them it was a “troll” booth.

There were lots of criminals and hoodlums in the big cities I said. To keep them from robbing citizens on the streets, they hired them to run Troll Booths and take money from citizens in a safer way. If you are familiar with the kids story of “Three Billy Goats Gruff” like our children were, it makes perfect sense.

Tolls on roads and bridges should only be used to repay the cost of the bridge and repairs to it. More than this is simply a tax on citizens and commerce. Let the Port Authority prove how they use every penny. Is the US going to attempt to reimburse every city and state governmental unit for loss of tax money? Hell No!!


26 posted on 03/21/2020 8:39:13 AM PDT by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: RebelTXRose

lol made me laugh too- Have fun- :)


27 posted on 03/21/2020 9:40:09 AM PDT by Bob434
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