"Ray L. Nutz" wrote

George no matter wee they dock in New York or New Jersey they still are on
a pier managed by Port Authority of New York & New Jersey.
And whatever money spend on rebuilding piers in Brooklyn or New Jersey is
still PAofNY & NJ money.

And the Port Authority gets part of that money from the City of NY. The
City is leasing the area from the Port Authority:

http://tinyurl.com/e4mtr
"New York’s Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki have
announced the signing of a long-term lease agreement that will allow the
City to move forward on its plans to create a modern cruise terminal on the
Brooklyn waterfront. The lease agreement reached between the City’s Economic
Development Corporation (EDC) and the Port Authority of New York and New
Jersey (PA) enables the City to take control of Piers 11 and 12 and proceed
with the design and construction of the $30 million facility,"


I do not believe that the Cape Liberty Cruise Terminal in NJ is under the
authority of the NY/NJ Port Authority. It is a former military terminal and
Royal Caribbean entered into an agreement with Bayonne to operate this as a
private cruise port. The State of NJ funded the dredging and widening of
the channel. http://tinyurl.com/aswh9

Oh... and by the way, the midtown Manhattan passenger piers are managed by
P&O under contract to the Port Authority.


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