NYBC pledges support for Port Authority plan.Addressing a recent "jobs opportunity" conference co-sponsored by the 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 Building Congress and 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. in mid-June, Building Congress President Louis J. Coletti said that the design and construction community will work to expedite implementation of the agency's $5 billion, four-year capital plan. Citing the 50 percent unemployment rate in the region's building industry, Coletti "pledged the Building Congress' support" for the PA's construction program. This statement drew strong applause from the 125 representatives of the area's major contracting firms participating in the conference, which was titled "Building for the Region's Future." Coletti observed that "the Port Authority had become the nation's preeminent pre·em·i·nent or pre-em·i·nent adj. Superior to or notable above all others; outstanding. See Synonyms at dominant, noted. [Middle English, from Latin prae Authority' and is a significant contributor to the NY-NJ region's construction employment and investment activity." In a similar vein, Port Authority Executive Director Stanley Brezenoff, the conference luncheon speaker, noted that the agency was taking steps to increase oversight and accountability of its programs, but he indicated that any such organizational changes should not be allowed to become obstacles to the programs. Brezenoff thanked the Congress for its support and he recalled that the Congress had played a significant role last year in helping the Authority obtain a needed $1 tunnel and bridge toll increase. He recognized the importance of the industry's help in that effort and in backing the PA's proposed $3 per passenger levy. The toll increase, he said, is helping fund the Authority's road and tunnel modernization modernization Transformation of a society from a rural and agrarian condition to a secular, urban, and industrial one. It is closely linked with industrialization. As societies modernize, the individual becomes increasingly important, gradually replacing the family, and the passenger levy will back its program to modernize mod·ern·ize v. mo·dern·ized, mo·dern·iz·ing, mo·dern·iz·es v.tr. To make modern in appearance, style, or character; update. v.intr. To accept or adopt modern ways, ideas, or style. the Metropolitan Area's three primary airports - the Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark Airports -- and help build rail links to them. With private-sector construction activity at relative standstill standstill /stand·still/ (stand´stil?) cessation of activity, as of the heart (cardiac s.) or chest (respiratory s.) . stand·still n. Complete cessation of activity or progress. , the conference focus was on the Authority's $5 billion capital plan, and at the the conclusion of the conference program a brochure containing a list of upcoming PA jobs to be put out for bid was distributed to the participants. In addition, the Port Authority capital plan and its procedures were central to two panel discussions that comprised the conference's formal program. Top-level PA officials manned the two panels, which were titled, "Investments in Tomorrow: Highlights of the 1992-96 Capital Plan," moderated by Robert S Robert, Henry Martyn 1837-1923. American army engineer and parliamentary authority. He designed the defenses for Washington, D.C., during the Civil War and later wrote Robert's Rules of Order (1876). Noun 1. . Peckar, Esq., senior partner, Peckar & Abramson, P. C. , and "How to Do Business with the Port Authority," moderated by Francis X. McArdle, managing director of the General Contractors A general contractor is an organization or individual that contracts with another organization or individual (the owner) for the construction of a building, road or any other execution of work or facility. Association. |
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