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$1 Billion+ Contract Awarded To Replace AirTrain System At Newark Airport
The Port Authority announce it had awarded a $1.184 billion design-build contract for a new elevated rail structure and three new stations to replace the existing AirTrain system at Newark Liberty International Airport. The contract was awarded to Tutor Perini/O&G. The agency has now completed 80% of the procurement process needed to deliver a new modern, reliable AirTrain to replace the current one, which the Port Authority called "outmoded." The existing AirTrain Newark opened for service in 1996 and has become outdated and unable to accommodate growing air travel demand at…
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Hoboken PATH Station Closing In February For Repairs: Port Authoit
As part of a repair project, the Port Authority announced the PATH Hoboken station will be closed from Thursday, Jan. 30 to Tuesday, Feb. 25. The move comes as part of the agency's two-year $430 million PATH Forward program. During the closure, the Port Authority will carry out critical safety repairs and improvements across several elements of the 116-year-old system. The Port Authority said the full station closure enables it to complete track and station work on an expedited basis that would otherwise necessitate severe schedule reductions and service suspensions repetitively over a prol…
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Nearly $6M In Federal Money Awarded To NJ Waterfront Development, Ferry Terminal
Nearly $6 million in federal infrastructure money will go toward the redevelopment of the waterfront including a new Ferry Terminal in Carteret, federal and local officials announced on Wednesday, June 26. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg unveiled $1.8 billion for 148 projects nationwide under the Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) grant program. They bring the total Biden-Harris Administration RAISE grants to about $7 billion for more than 550 projects across the country. New Jersey will receive $5,613,489 for the Intermodal Transpor…
Police & Fire
George Washington Bridge Climber, Not Protestors, Jams
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Police expected a protest that would throw the George Washington Bridge into chaos on Saturday and got something else entirely. A 24-year-old climber partially caused massive delays when he started climbing the Manhattan tower's south side shortly before noon May 18. What began as half-hour backups quickly stretched to more than 90 minutes on both levels during one of the busiest times of the average GWB weekend. All eastbound lanes were eventually closed at one point as Port Authority and NYPD emergency services officers with rappelling ropes and other rescue gear eventually got him down …
Police & Fire
Estranged Paterson Husband Seized At JFK After Threatening To 'Shoot Up' Airport, DA Says
A Paterson man with multiple loaded weapons in his car threatened a mass shooting at JFK Airport as his estranged wife was returning from an overseas trip, authorities charged. The woman was inside Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport when she got a text and video from Darnell King, 39, shortly before 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 30, according to the Queens County District Attorney's Office. A black and silver gun is visible on the passenger seat of his car as King says in the video that he's on his way to the Queens airport and is recording his "last will and testament," authori…
Police & Fire
Newark Airport's Terminal A Named Best New Terminal
The accolades are coming in for a new terminal at Newark Liberty International Airport. Terminal A was named the world's best new airport terminal by Skytrax, a preeminent global airport evaluation firm. Skytrax had recently given the terminal a five star rating following an audit of its facilities, operations and customer service last year. “This is a tremendously well-deserved honor for the flagship of the Port Authority’s ongoing renaissance at Newark Liberty International Airport,” said Governor Phil Murphy. “It’s no surprise that the industry’s leader has bestowed one of its highest ho…
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200 United Passengers Evaluated After Newark-Bound Flight Diverts To NY: Officials
A flight bound for Newark Liberty International Airport was diverted to Orange County, NY, officials said citing both turbulence and an ailing passenger. Nearly 200 passengers were evaluated, with some taken to local hospitals, when United Airlines Flight 85 from Tel Aviv landed at the New Windsor Airport at approximately 6:45 p.m. Friday, March 29, according to the FAA and Orange County Executive Steven M. Neuhaus. View this post on Instagram A post shared by New Windsor EMS (@new_windsor_ems) While Neuhaus said the flight was diverted …
Police & Fire
What Are The Chances?
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Nabs Back-To-Back Lincoln Tunnel Toll Evaders Who Owe $472G Combined
Go figure. It didn't take long for a crackdown on toll evaders to snag two major violators, both of them at the Lincoln Tunnel -- and on the same day, no less. Port Authority police stopped a New Jersey-based D. Rubio’s Express truck for having "unclear" license plates and found 1,811 "known unpaid violations," Spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. Total unpaid tolls and fees: $214,000. The driver also received three summonses for unclear plates (front and rear) and an expired diesel emissions test, Valens said. Later that day, officers stopped another vehicle without a front plate, she said. …
Police & Fire
Fleeing Duo In 'Demolition Derby' Crashes With NJ Troopers Near GWB Were Juveniles: State AG
𝗨𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘: A driver and passenger involved in a New Jersey State Police pursuit that ended in what one motorist called a "demolition derby" on the NJ Turnpike approach to the George Washington Bridge last week were both juveniles, authorities announced on Monday, Feb. 12. Video shot by motorists showed the driver desperately trying to escape undercover detectives by ramming several police and commuter vehicles with a Range Rover during the morning rush last Wednesday, Feb. 7.The pair were eventually taken into custody, said New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin. The attorney general didn…
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Federal Agent Interrupts Carjacking, Hit By Fleeing Thugs' Vehicle At 'The Vince'
EXCLUSIVE: A U.S. Homeland Security officer was struck by a fleeing vehicle after interrupting an attempted carjacking Thursday at the Vince Lombardi Service Area off the New Jersey Turnpike, law enforcement sources told Daily Voice. Four black men in a black Porsche Macan were trying to take an elderly Jewish man's vehicle in the parking lot of the rest stop in Ridgefield around 11:30 a.m. Jan. 11, they said. Members of a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) task force who were working a separate investigation in the area intervened. The officer who was struck wasn't seriously injured, …
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Teterboro Airport Noise Has Gotten Worse, Says New Pascack Valley Group Fighting
For residents in the Pascack Valley region, the noise from private planes flying into Teterboro Airport has become a quality of life issue. Taxpayers for Airport Noise Solutions (TANS) is a new organization that has formed to give a voice to those grievances. The group has circulated a petition, which has almost 900 signatures, requesting the FAA change the flight plans for flights into Teterboro Airport Runway 19 by having them fly over Route 17, a less residential area. TANS is an offshoot of Teterboro Aircraft Noise Abatement Advisory Committee (TANAAC), a group formed in 1987 for …
Police & Fire
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IT? Heavy-Duty Tow Truck Stolen Out Of Michigan Spotted In New Jersey: Owner
A tow truck stolen from a shop in Michigan in the middle of the night was spotted in New Jersey, its owner said. The 2020 Kenworth T880 Century 1150 has a side puller and Super Mario theme wrap, said P.J. Daly, who has owned and operated P.J.'s Towing in Lansing for nearly 15 years. "If the wrap is removed, it’s a forest green and light green underneath," Daly said. Surveillance video shows two thieves swiping the rig just past midnight on Sunday, Sept. 10, he said. One person was dressed in a black hoodie and sweatpants with brown shoes with green camouflage on top. The other was in a w…
Police & Fire
'Good Catch On Busy Holiday': JFK Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun
A “good catch on a busy holiday” produced the July 4th arrest of a Florida man who tried boarding a flight at Kennedy Airport with a loaded gun, authorities said. TSA officers detected the compact 9mm Smith & Wesson weapon in the man’s carry-on bag as he entered a security checkpoint at JFK, the Transportation Security Administration’s Lisa Farbstein said. The gun was loaded was 10 bullets, she said. Port Authority police seized the gun and arrested the traveler. In addition to criminal charges, he also faces federal penalties that can reach $15,000, authorities said. “We are seeing …
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TSA Begins Busy July 4th Holiday Period Seizing Gun From Now-Ex JFK Airport Store Employee
An employee at a shop in JFK Airport lost his job after TSA agents caught him carrying a loaded gun in his backpack, authorities said. Port Authority police arrested the Queens resident and seized the .45-caliber handgun, Transportation Security Administration Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. He also was forced to surrender his airport security badge, which is required of everyone who works on the secure side of the airport, Farbstein said. Without it, he couldn't continue working at the retail shop, she said. In addition to his arrest, the man faces a potential fine of up to $15,00…
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: Suicidal Man Rescued From Beneath GWB
Police at the George Washington Bridge literally talked a suicidal man off a ledge Tuesday afternoon. Officers from the Port Authority and NYPD found the man perched on an I-beam and threatening to jump just below the bridge's Manhattan-bound lower level around 3:15 p.m. June 13, authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. The officers got him talking as colleagues closed the two right lower-level lanes on the eastbound side, witnesses said. Within a half-hour, they'd grabbed hold of the man, then carefully lifted him to safety. He was taken to a nearby hospital for an evaluation, Valens sai…
Police & Fire
Guess Why Southbound Traveler At Newark Airport Said There Was A Gun In His Bag
Another traveler gave what TSA officials say has become a familiar excuse after being arrested trying to bring a loaded gun onto a flight at Newark Liberty International Airport. "I forgot," said the airline customer from Georgia after a TSA agent at one of Newark Airport's checkpoint X-ray machines spotted a .38-caliber handgun in the man's carry-on bag. It was loaded with six bullets, Transportation Security Administration spokeswoman Lisa Farbstein said on Friday, April 28. Officers alerted Port Authority police, who arrested the Southern man -- and seized the gun, she said. Farbstein…
Police & Fire
'I Forgot': Traveler Nabbed Trying To Tote Loaded Gun, Ammo Onto Flight At LGA, TSA Says
A traveler was caught trying to board a flight with a loaded gun and 100 boxed bullets in his carry-on at LaGuardia Airport, authorities said. The checkpoint X-ray unit triggered an alarm that led to the discovery on Tuesday, April 25, said Lisa Farbstein, a spokesperson for the Transporation Security Administration. The .22-caliber gun was loaded with 10 rounds and came with two boxes of 50 bullets each, Farbstein said. TSA officers alerted Port Authority police, who seized the traveler, the gun and the ammo, she said. The Brooklyn man told them he'd "taken his bag to a shooting range a…
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'Not Mine,' Says Traveler Caught With Gun, Ammo At JFK Airport: TSA
An upstate New York man not only insisted he had "no idea" how a gun and ammunition for it ended up in his carry-on bag at JFK Airport, authorities said. "He also claimed the gun didn't belong to him," TSA Spokesperson Lisa Farbstein said. The firearm with a separate box containing five bullets triggered an alarm at a Transportation Security Administration X-ray unit on Wednesday, April 19, Farbstein said. Port Authority police summoned to the checkpoint took the Liberty, NY, man into custody and seized the gun and ammo, she said Thursday. “It is the busy spring travel season," said John…
Police & Fire
Massive Hoboken Fight Injures Officer, Lands Two In Custody
Police from across Hudson County descended on Hoboken on Tuesday, April 11, as a fight attracted a large crowd, leaving one officer injured and two people arrested. Hoboken police were called to 510 Jackson St. after receiving a report of a report of people fighting, officers said. Upon arrival, officers saw Melissa Walker 37-year-old Hoboken resident punch a woman in the face multiple times, police said. As police attempted to break up the altercation, Rocky Walker, a 42-year-old Hoboken resident and Melissa's cousin, was attempting to pull police off Melissa, officers said. A massive crow…
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TSA Newark Nabs PA Man Trying To Board Plane With .357 Revolver
A Pennsylvania man was arrested at Newark Airport over the weekend with an unloaded .357-caliber revolver in his carry-on, the TSA said. The Bethlehem, PA traveler was nabbed after the weapon was spotted going through an X-ray scanner at a Terminal C security checkpoint on Sunday, Jan. 29, the Transportation Security Administration’s Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police took him into custody. Whenever the TSA catches a traveler with a gun at a checkpoint, the entire lane comes to a standstill until the incident is resolved, Farbstein noted. That can delay – and even prevent – others…
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Rookie Port Authority K9s Honor Five Police Officers Who Died On 9/11
The names of five Port Authority police officers who died on 9/11 live on in a quintet of K9s who were welcomed to the department, along with their partners, in a special graduation ceremony Friday at Newark Airport. The five teams completed a 14-week training course for certification in explosives and drug detection, Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Valens said following the Dec. 16 ceremony. Two Morris County sheriff’s officers also studied to become a K9 trainer and handler, respectively, she said. The four German Shepherds and one Belgium Malinois – ranging from 1 to 2 years old – wil…
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Stolen Car Thief Bails, Caught After Consecutive Crashes On PIP Near GWB
A stolen car thief was caught by Palisades Interstate Parkway police after back-to-back crashes near the George Washington Bridge, authorities said. Mario Rodriguez, 21, of the Bronx was captured as he and a companion ran from the scene of the second early-morning crash in Fort Lee, PIP Police Lt. Raymond Walter said. Despite being charged with 26 crimes, records show, Rodriguez was ordered released from the Bergen County Jail by a Superior Court judge in Hackensack the following day. A motorist alerted officers to two SUVs – one a Mercedes Benz, the other a Mazda -- being driven erratical…
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Newark Liberty Airport Unveils $2.7 Billion Terminal (
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Newark Liberty Airport's brand-new $2.7 billion Terminal A has been officially unveiled. The one million-square-foot terminal replaces the longstanding terminal that opened in 1973. It is New Jersey's largest design project and features state-of-the-art passenger amenities, dazzling artwork, digital technology, dining and retail options provided by 60 regional, national and global brands, including six retailers from Newark, Elizabeth, and Jersey City. Terminal A offers 33 gates to handle larger aircraft, as well as a modernized common-use check-in area, security and baggage claim are…
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Commuters, Others Warm Up With Port Authority Police At 'Coffee With A Cop'
Lines were long at Newark Airport one recent morning, but not for the usual reason. Port Authority police put a twist on the "Coffee With a Cop" initiative by taking java and donuts directly to the public. Instead of meeting with community members at a local coffee shop, the PAPD fanned out to the area transportation hubs that the men and women in blue protect. Port Authority police "Coffee With A Cop" at Newark International Airport.PORT AUTHORITY PD Sweetening the morning Joe were safety and crime prevention tips and other information provided by PAPD command members at: Newark, JF…
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: Body Of Female GWB Jumper Recovered From Hudson River
The body of a woman who jumped from the George Washington Bridge was pulled from the Hudson River less than an hour after her abandoned vehicle was found on the span, Port Authority officials said. A search began after the vehicle was discovered on the westbound lower level around 6:30 a.m. Friday, Sept. 30, they said. The NYPD Harbor Unit retrieved the body about three miles south of the bridge shortly before 7:30 a.m. and brought it to a pier on the Upper Manhattan side across from Edgewater, Port Authority police said. ****** The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly known as the…
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Happy Ending At Newark Airport After Thief Snatches Wedding Band At TSA Checkpoint
A thief was steps from fleeing with a fellow traveler's wedding band at Newark Airport when TSA and Port Authority officers teamed up to catch him, authorities said. Told that the ring was missing from a screened bin, a Transportation Security Administration supervisor reviewed surveillance video and saw the thief snatch it, the TSA's Lisa Farbstein said. Port Authority police who were called to the checkpoint watched the video, got a good look at the thief and headed in his direction, Farbstein said. Moments later they returned to the checkpoint with the ring and the man in custody after …
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Car Thief Crashes Porsche On Busy Fort Lee Street, Caught Hiding In Port Authority PD Vehicle
A car thief chased by the victim crashed the man’s Porsche and was eventually captured while trying to hide in the bed of a Port Authority vehicle in Fort Lee, authorities said. The victim told police he saw Tony Smith get into his SUV while it was parked in the Whiteman Mall on Lemoine Avenue shortly before 9 a.m. Monday, Sept. 12, Police Capt. Andrea Cappola said. Witnesses told Daily Voice he'd left it running while ducking into Starbucks. The victim said he chased after the Porsche on foot, caught up on Schlosser Street and began banging on the window, Cappola said. Smith drove onto t…
Police & Fire
Port Authority Officer Who Pitched In MLB, Wrong Way Driver Both Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash
An off-duty Port Authority officer and the wrong-way driver who struck him were both killed in a 9/11 crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Hudson County, authorities said. Anthony Varvaro, a 37-year-old married father of four, and former major league pitcher — was struck by Henry A. Plaras, 30, of Bridgewater, who was heading west on the Hudson Bay Extension in the eastbound lanes around 4:25 a.m. in Jersey City, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. Henry PlarasHenry Plaras Facebook Plaras' Toyota Rav4 struck Varvaro in a Nissan Maxima head-on causing the Nissan to strik…
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TSA: Traveler Nabbed With Loaded Gun At LaGuardia Could've Checked 'What Can I Bring?' Page
A gun-toting Florida man who was nabbed at LaGuardia Airport told TSA officers that he'd forgotten he had his loaded .380-caliber handgun with him, authorities said. “That’s no excuse," Robert Duffy, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport. "This man is now likely to receive a civil financial penalty that could possibly cost him thousands of dollars. "If you own a firearm, you need to know where it is at all times.” A TSA officer spotted the handgun (inset photo above) in the West Palm Beach resident’s belongings as they passed through the checkpoint X-ray machine’s monitor, the Tr…
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Police Chase Ends In GWB Crash, Three Suspected Newark, Belleville Gas Station Robbers In Cuffs
A high-speed police chase from Newark ended with a crash on the George Washington Bridge and the arrests of three suspects wanted for the gunpoint robberies of two gas stations, authorities said. Newark police pursued the suspects -- who were wanted for holding up pump jockeys in the Brick City and Belleville -- more than 15 miles to the lower level of the eastbound GWB, where the crash occurred shortly before 11:30 p.m. Sunday, responders said. Port Authority police seized one of the suspects and Newark police nabbed the other two, the authority's Rudy King said. There were no injuries re…
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Suspect Tussles With Police On Cliff Overlooking Route 95
A car burglary suspect grappled with Fort Lee police on a cliff overlooking Route 95 before he joined two accomplices in handcuffs, authorities said. Patrick Jordan, 21, of Newark, had been released by a judge in Hackensack in June, a week after police said he and three other ski-masked thieves nearly struck a Saddle River homeowner as they fled after trying to steal his $200,000 Mercedes SUV. Paramus police captured that quartet on southbound Route 17 and handed them over to their Saddle River colleagues. SEE: Fleeing Vehicle Thieves Nearly Run Down Owner, Nabbed On Ro…
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