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Published weekly for Port Authority and PATH employees August 5, 2010/Volume 9/Number 31
An HT Welcome
Surveying their handiwork at the Holland
Tunnel are (from left) Sign Painter Reid
MacGowan, Sign Mechanic Bill Callahan,
Trades Helpers Wayne Taylor and John
Cheney, Supervisor George Abreu, Sign
Mechanic Walter Otiepka, and Sign
Painter Berge Mardirossian. The sign was
built through a $150,000 grant from New
Jersey DOT and erected between 1 and 8
a.m. on Sunday, July 25, with no significant
effect on traffic. The effort was a collaboration
of OSD’s Sign Shop and SEMAC
units and HT Maintenance. The Sign Shop
fabricated the aluminum supports and
installed the sign, SEMAC did steel structural
work to the walkway bridge, and HT
Maintenance handled the new lighting
and roadway closures. Not pictured: Sign
Shop Supervisor Mike Moroney.
Retirement News
You can wish the
Holland Tunnel’s Nate
Watts farewell and a
happy retirement at noon
on Thursday, August 26,
at the HT Maintenance
Garage. See Employee
Bulletins for details.
Trading Post
In the market for a used motorcycle
Want to sell your Jay-Z tickets Visit Trading
Post on EmployeeNet.
Michael Moroney
Board Approves New
Terminal Space at JFK
The Port Authority Board of
Commissioners this afternoon
approved a plan for Delta Air
Lines to build new state-of-the-art
terminal space at John F. Kennedy
International Airport’s Terminal 4,
replacing the antiquated space the
airline now occupies in Terminal 3.
Under the plan, Delta’s international
traffic will move into nine newly
constructed passenger gates and
up to seven of Terminal 4’s existing
gates, occupying 16 of the expanded
terminal’s 25 gates.
JFKIAT, the largest private terminal
Executive Director Honored by TA
Executive Director Chris Ward
received the Other Guy Award
from Transportation Alternatives
at the organization’s 6th Annual Summer
Benefit last month in upper Manhattan.
The honor is bestowed on an individual
who “looks out for the other
guy,” and was presented to Mr. Ward
for his efforts to support bicycling
in the metropolitan region and to
promote bicycle-friendly policies at
PA facilities.
Sweet Doin’s at the BT
Trying to gain weight at the Port Authority
Bus Terminal are (from right) Operations
Supervisor Myron Johnson, Terminal
Operations Supervisor Donna Lebourne,
General Operations Supervisor Jorge
Reyes, and Real Estate intern Andrew
Kaplan. They are aided in this quest by
the two new shops that opened July 9 on
the second floor of the South Wing.
operator in the country, will continue
to have overall responsibility for the
management and operation of the
terminal.
Once the new gates are built in
Terminal 4, Terminal 3 will be demolished
to provide 16 additional aircraft
parking spaces, allowing Delta and
other airlines to have increased access
to their equipment and helping to
alleviate congestion on airport
runways and taxiways.
Delta Air Lines handles almost a
quarter of JFK’s annual passenger traffic.
Chris Ward receives the Other Guy Award
from Transportation Alternatives Executive
Director Paul White on July 20. The organization
is an advocacy group for bicycling,
walking, and public transit.
Rachel Silberstein
Alan Hicks

At JSTC, It’s Egypt on the Square
PATH hosted the 5th
Egyptian Festival on
the plaza of the
Journal Square Transportation
Center on July 17, a daylong
celebration of Egyptian culture
featuring traditional Egyptian
music and dance, and children’s
entertainment.
Part of Jersey City’s
“Tapestry of Nations”
celebration of
its cultural
diversity, the
event was
presented by
Mayor
Jerramiah T.
Healy, the
Municipal
Council,
and the
Department
of Health and Human Services
Division of Cultural Affairs in cooperation
with the Port Authority and the
Journal Square Special Improvement
District.
At the festival last month are
Operations Supervisor Lucille Haley
and festival coordinator Ahmed
Shedeed, who is also a JSSID board
member. Ms. Haley provided on-site
supervision and coordination for the
event with administrative support
provided by Customer Service
Representative Julie Lomba. Posters,
drawings, and photographs depicting
ancient and modern Egypt were
exhibited, courtesy of Tour Egypt and
the Egyptian Consulate.
PA Engineers Mentor Young Students
Since 1998, Port Authority
staff architects and engineers
have helped New York City
middle school students learn about
their profession at the annual
Salvadori Charrette.
This year’s event was the culmination
of the yearlong Salvadori Design
Program and was held at the Winter
Garden in Manhattan’s Battery Park
City. The program is supported by the
PA and other public and private entities.
Photos: Chris Bernardo
Calendar
Hidden Harbor Tour
The Working Harbor Committee’s series
of nautical tours of the region’s working
waterfront continues on Tuesday, August
17, at 6:15 p.m. at South Street Seaport
Museum, Pier 16.
Visit workingharbor.com to purchase
tickets and click on Working Harbor
Committee Member to get an $8 discount.
Tree Dedication
The Queens Botanical Garden will hold
a tree dedication ceremony in memory of
the late Aviation Director Bill DeCota on
Thursday, August 12, at 10 a.m. See
Employee Bulletins for details.
LGA Golf Outing
Just when you’re thinking the golf season
is over, you can extend the Columbus
Day weekend and play in the 2nd Annual
LaGuardia Airport Golf Tournament on
Tuesday, October 12, at Pelham Bay Golf
Course in the Bronx. See Employee Bulletins.
Jazz in Brooklyn
Retiree and jazz vocalist Steve Cromity
performs on Sunday, August 8, 6 p.m., at
Two Steps Down, 240 DeKalb Ave.
between Vanderbilt and Clermont. At 7:30,
he serves as host for guest vocalist Tulivu-
Donna Cumberbatch and “open mic” sets.
For more information, contact him at
917 685-3508 or acorns4u@aol.com.
Marketing Interns
‘Do Something’
PA mentors at the Charrette on June 16
are (from left): Architects Jose Rodriguez-
Espinal, Stephan Pezdek, Robert
Parsekian, and Teresita Triay, and
Electrical Engineer Yemi Oso. More than
100 students and their teachers attended.
2 PA News / August 5, 2010
Using donated board, fabric, and glue, students
brainstormed, designed, and built scaled models
of a memorial park in sites in Brooklyn and
Queens to commemorate the victims of the
Haitian earthquake and then presented each
design to the larger group. The project was
featured on CBS “Eye on New York” in June.
From right, Marketing interns Olivia
Rodzen, Megan Quirk, and Morgan Bondy
at the Do Something Awards New York City
Party on July 19, where they joined
dosomething.org staff and other interns
in support of the organization, which works
to involve young people in worthwhile
causes. With them are Marie Hoffmann
Jones, daughter of Marketing Communications
General Manager Rae Ann
Hoffmann, and a friend, Melissa Tandy.
Photo: Diplomacy Project