Bi-state transportation agency
Appears in 6 stories · Last updated Oct 25, 2026
Managing the Palisades Tunnel construction package
Gateway held a ceremonial launch Sept. 28, and the first of two tunnel boring machines has been chewing through the Palisades Cliffs since early October. It cuts about 30 feet a day on a 5,100-foot run from North Bergen to a shaft on the Weehawken-Hoboken line, where the pair is due about a year after launch.
Updated Oct 25
Owns and operates JFK Airport
A restaurant entity tied to OTG, the company running JetBlue's Terminal 5 concessions, received a New York State liquor licence on September 17, 2026. The licence covers restaurant service at Space 4NC in Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport; it is one approval among several a restaurant needs, and the record does not show the space has opened or secured every requirement.
Updated Oct 17
As of September 2026: Owns and operates JFK; solicited the operator for the restaurant space
New York City's health department filed a pre-permit inspection for Taxi Cafe, a proposed restaurant in Building 187 at JFK Airport's Central Taxi Hold. The September 22 inspection is one step before the city issues a food service permit—it is not approval.
Updated Sep 28
As of May 2026: Operates LaGuardia Airport; its fire truck and officers were involved in the collision
Late Sunday night, an Air Canada Express jet landing at New York's LaGuardia struck a Port Authority fire truck on an active runway, killing both pilots—Captain Antoine Forest, 30, and First Officer MacKenzie Gunther. Forty-one of the 76 people aboard were hospitalized, including a flight attendant ejected from her seat while strapped in. The airport shut down for 14 hours, canceling more than 600 flights.
Updated May 30
As of May 2026: Lead agency overseeing JFK transformation
JFK's original terminals opened in the 1960s as architectural showpieces—each airline building its own statement. Sixty years later, most of that infrastructure has become obsolete. New York is now replacing it with two massive new terminals, redesigned roadways, and modernized transit connections in what has become the largest airport project in the United States.
Updated May 27
As of May 2026: Managed operations at JFK, Newark, and LaGuardia during storm
Central Park got 4.3 inches of snow on December 27—the most since January 2022. But the chaos didn't end when the snow stopped: over 4,400 flights were canceled across the weekend, with JFK, Newark, and LaGuardia accounting for half. On Sunday alone, another 700 cancellations and 8,000 delays rippled through the system as airlines struggled to reposition aircraft and crews during one of the busiest travel weekends of the year.
Updated May 16
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