9/11 widow appointed to Port Authority board.Gov. George E. Pataki nominated Christine Ferer to the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, self-sustaining public corporation established in 1921 by the states of New York and New Jersey to administer the activities of the New York–New Jersey port area, which has a waterfront of c. . Ferer, who lost her husband, Neil Levin Neil David Levin (died September 11, 2001) was a former Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He was killed during the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. , the former Executive Director of the Port Authority, in the World Trade Center attacks, currently serves as a Board member of Lower Manhattan Lower Manhattan is the southernmost part of the island of Manhattan, the main island and center of business and government of the City of New York. Lower Manhattan is generally defined as the area delineated on the north by Chambers Street, on the west by the Hudson River (North Development Corporation. "Christy Ferer has shown an unwavering commitment to the rebuilding and revitalization of New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. , and she will make an outstanding addition to the Port Authority," Pataki said. "Neil would be so proud of what she has accomplished, proud of the contributions she has made to the rebuilding effort and prouder still of her tireless efforts to honor the memory of those who were lost in the September 11th attacks On September 11, 2001, in the deadliest case of domestic Terrorism in the history of the United States, a group of 19 terrorists hijacked four U.S. airliners for use as missiles against targets in New York City and Washington, D.C. ." "I know Christy will bring the same level of dedication, time and energies that her husband Neil brought to the Port Authority," Pataki added. Ferer said, "I am honored to be chosen by Governor Pataki to serve on the Board and look forward to working with Port Authority Vice Chairman Charles Gargano, Executive Director Joe Seymour and the entire Board and having the privilege of executing on the vision Neil had for this unique institution. The Port Authority staff has become a second family. Whenever I have turned to anyone at the Port Authority on behalf of the September 11th families, they have been there. It was the Port Authority that provided two tons of remnant WTC WTC World Trade Center, see there steel to ensure each family member would have a remembrance from this site many regard as sacred. In addition, the Port Authority found a home for the art work of parentless children of September 11th who immortalized their lost loved ones in canvas. Most importantly, this is an invaluable opportunity to participate as a September 11th family voice in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site." In June 2003, Pataki appointed Ferer to the Board of Directors of the LMDC LMDC Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (New York City, NY, USA) LMDC Lake Merritt Dance Center (Oakland, California) LMDC Logistics Management Development Course LMDC Laser Motion & Development Company the agency responsible for rebuilding and revitalizing Lower Manhattan. Ferer also serves as Special Assistant, liaison to the families of September 11th, for Mayor Michael Bloomberg. In addition, Ferer is also an entrepreneur- serving as founder and chairman of two companies: Vidicom--a media services company producing and distributing television, radio, broadcast and web programming for media outlets; and Applevision' NYCTV, New York's visitor information television network that runs in NYC NYC abbr. New York City NYC New York City hotels, Penn Station and airport terminals. |
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