Category Archives: Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

PAPD: Raising Breast Cancer Awareness, One Badge at a Time

Posted on October 28, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Lenis Rodrigues, Media Relations Staff Earlier this month, hundreds of Port Authority Police Department (PAPD) officers began wearing a strikingly different kind of police badge, with blue and pink bands placed around the standard shield as a sign of … Continue reading →

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NY/NJ Harbor Deepening and the Lost Islands

Posted on October 26, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Portfolio Editor Roz Hamlett There was once a 132-acre island in Jamaica Bay within view of Kennedy Airport known as Elders Point. After years of degradation, the land split into separate islands connected only by mud.  The U.S. National … Continue reading →

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Replacing a Rail Bridge to Make Way for the New Goethals

Posted on October 20, 2016 by PANYNJ PORTfolio

By Neal Buccino, Media Relations Staff Photography by Mike Dombrowki, Port Authority Staff Sometimes, to replace an enormous bridge, you first have to replace a smaller one. The Goethals Bridge is 1.3 miles long, and currently undergoing a historic replacement. … Continue reading →

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