The sh*t is hitting the wall.
Questions on Port Authority Chairman David Samson's PATH station vote
MONDAY, JANUARY 27, 2014 LAST UPDATED: TUESDAY JANUARY 28, 2014, 4:51 PM
BY SHAWN BOBURG
STAFF WRITER
THE RECORD
a snippet:
Port Authority Chairman David Samson voted for a $256 million reconstruction of the rundown PATH station in Harrison three months after a builder represented by his law firm proposed converting a nearby warehouse into hundreds of luxury apartments, according to records and interviews.
Samson, now embroiled in the George Washington Bridge lane-closure controversy, wasn’t the only commissioner with ties to land around the train station. Commissioner David Steiner also voted for the massive overhaul of the station, four months after he secured rights to build a 20-story apartment complex on another key parcel of land along the Passaic River, a half-mile from the commuter train stop.
The upgrade, planned for years but finally approved March 29, 2012, by the board Samson leads, is designed in large part to spur the rejuvenation of the gritty industrial city across the Passaic River from Newark, a renewal that would undoubtedly increase property values in the area.
The votes raise questions about whether the commissioners overstepped ethics rules meant to prevent entanglements between their private interests and their control over billions of dollars that flow through the public agency. The revelation marks the third time this month that the role of Samson, a close adviser to Governor Christie, who named him chairman of the bi-state agency, has come into question.
Samson said he had no prior knowledge of the lane-closing scheme at the George Washington Bridge, but documents released this month show he was angry that an internal memo criticizing the closure was leaked to the press.
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