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Ship Out Port Authority
NY Daily News - Letters to the Editor - January 3, 2003

Dear Editor:

Re "Port Authority's Downtown Scam" (Dec. 29):

Manhattan: I applaud your editorial on the Port Authority's outrageous behavior ("Port Authority's downtown scam," Dec. 29). I have a particular interest in the redevelopment of downtown, especially at Ground Zero. My husband, Rich, lost his life there.

I was not surprised to read that the PA has been "planning in secret." That is its modus operandi. Where are the governors of New York and New Jersey? Are they not responsible for overseeing the PA? I urge Gov. Pataki and Gov. Jim McGreevey to release this bistate agency from the land downtown and to seriously consider the deal exchanging the World Trade Center site for airport land. Put the PA back where it belongs - in bridges, tunnels and airports. It doesn't belong in the construction business, and certainly not in planning for this sacred ground.

Maximum rental space should not be the priority for downtown. The Port Authority, a bistate agency with immunity from building and fire codes, should no longer have a place there. De-claw the PA and send it on its way!

Monica Gabrielle
Co-Chairperson
Skyscraper Safety Campaign
www.skyscrapersafety.org

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Sally Regenhard,
Chairperson

P. O. Box 70
Woodlawn Station
Bronx, NY 10470
SallyR@SkyscraperSafety.org

Monica Gabrielle,
Co-Chairperson

P. O. Box 70
Woodlawn Station
Bronx, NY 10470
monicagabrielle@earthlink.net