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Article: Interstate Spat Keeps N.Y.-N.J. Port Authority Budget Stalled.(Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)(Brief Article)
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- The Bond Buyer
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- February 25, 2000
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A dispute between governors continued to prevent the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey from pushing forward its major capital projects yesterday, despite a letter New Jersey Gov. Christine Todd Whitman offered as an olive branch to her Empire State counterpart.
Whitman, in a two-page letter dated Feb. 22, said she would support moving forward with the authority's 2000 budget, even though she and New York Gov. George Pataki are still at odds over how the bi-state agency divides its projects and revenues between the states. Pataki contends the authority benefits New Jersey over his state, and wants to change how it decides what projects to undertake. The ...