Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Other forms of name
Port Authority of New York & New Jersey
Port Authority of NY & NJ
Start period
1972-07-01
Associated country
United States
Place of residence/headquarters
New York (N.Y.)
Other associated place
New York (State)
New Jersey
See Also From tracing corporate name
Predecessor: Port of New York Authority
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 139845338
Wikidata: Q908666
Library of congress: n 79091601
Sources of Information
  • Its Annual report ... 1974-
  • Airport statistics (New York, N.Y.). Airport statistics, 1980:t.p. (Port Authority of New York & New Jersey)
  • LC manual cat.(hdg.: Port Authority of New York and New Jersey; body consisting of 6 commissioners; 3 res. voters from state of NY and 3 from NJ; name changed from Port of New York Authority by legis. in 1972)
  • Moody's mun & govt. man., 1985(Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (fromerly Port of New York Authority); created 1921; pres. name adopted 1972; in 1962 Hudson Tubes facility (railroad formerly operated by Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co.) merged into Port of New York Authority and reorgan. as Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation (PATH))
  • Annual report, 1972:cover p. 2 (on July 1, 1972 the Port Authority's name was officially changed to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey)
  • lcn 2016