Brodsky, Gottfried None Too Happy About Moynihan’s Move to Port AuthorityShould Governor Paterson indeed move the Moynihan Station project under the control 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. , as he said he wants to do, at least two members of the State Assembly are poised to resist the action: Richard Gottfried Richard Gottfried (b. 1947) represents District 75 in the New York State Assembly, which includes Murray Hill, Chelsea, Clinton, portions of Midtown Manhattan and the Upper West Side, including Lincoln Center. , the district’s representative, and Richard Brodsky Richard Brodsky (b. 1946) represents District 92 in the New York State Assembly, which includes the towns of Greenburgh and Mount Pleasant, the villages of Ardsley, Elmsford, Dobbs Ferry, Hastings-on-Hudson, Irvington, Tarrytown, as well as parts of Briarcliff and Yonkers, among , the chairman of the committee that oversees public authorities. “It’s a New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of project; it ought to be run by a New York agency,” Mr. Brodsky said. “As a bi-state authority, they [the Port Authority] have been unresponsive, remote and immune to reform.” Moving Moynihan from the state-controlled Empire State Development Corporation to the Port Authority would remove the Legislature from any direct control over the project, taking away its ability to pass laws Pass laws in South Africa were designed to segregate the population and were one of the dominant features of the country's apartheid system. Introduced in South Africa in 1923, they were designed to regulate movement of black Africans into urban areas. about the plan or have approval power via the Public Authorities Control Board. (The PACB PACB Pennsylvania Association of Community Bankers PACB Personnel Access Control Booth blocked the project from moving forward in a phased plan at the end of the Pataki administration.) This, Mr. Gottfried said, is a concern. “It is difficult or impossible for the general public or the Legislature or the City Council to have any effective oversight or input with the Port Authority,” he said. “Certainly, for many decades, it was known as an imperial, almost foreign power.” Many, including Senator Charles Schumer, have pushed for the move as the Port Authority has deep financial pockets, an engineering staff and experience building regional transportation projects. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Sheldon Silver (born February 13, 1944) is a politician and member of the Democratic Party, currently serving as Speaker of New York State Assembly. Personal life An Orthodox Jew of eastern European descent, Silver has lived all his life on Manhattan's Lower East Side. , through spokesman Dan Weiller, did not stake out a strong position either way about the move, though made clear his thoughts that the World Trade Center should remain the priority for the agency. “The speaker said that he is supportive of moving forward on Moynihan Station, but he also noted that we’re approaching seven years since 9/11,” Mr. Weiller said. “The Port Authority is the key player at the World Trade Center site, and that really needs to be their number-one focus.” 
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