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WATCH: Amazing Video From Top Of One WTC

Posted 05.15.2013 | New York

Afraid of heights? Maybe then don't watch this nine minutes of footage from a camera Port Authority attached to the One World Trade Center spire. ...

PHOTOS: Now The Tallest Structure In The Western Hemisphere

AP | JENNIFER PELTZ and TED SHAFFREY | Posted 05.10.2013 | New York

NEW YORK — The World Trade Center's rebirth has long revolved around creating a centerpiece of unsparing symbolism: a skyscraper 1,776 feet tall...

One WTC Spire Making Its Way To NYC

AP | Posted 11.23.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- The giant spire that will top 1 World Trade Center is making its way to Manhattan. The spire is divided into 18 sections that weigh betwe...

Sergeant's Mistake Led To Sinking Of $500,000 Port Authority Patrol Boat

Posted 09.24.2012 | New York

A police sergeant is expected to face disciplinary action after opening the underwater hatch of a Port Authority patrol boat earlier this month, caus...

IMAGES: The New One World Trade Center Design

AP | Posted 09.04.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- New renderings of 1 World Trade Center show recent design changes to the base and spire of the building, formerly known as the Freedom Tow...

PHOTO: NYC Dog Rescued On GW Bridge Was Escaping NJ

Posted 07.06.2012 | New York

A frightened Belgian shepherd was rescued on the George Washington Bridge on Thursday, after an arduous 12 hour journey trying to makes its way back h...

Ticketed For Carpooling?

The Huffington Post | Katherine Bindley | Posted 06.14.2012 | Home

Drivers en route to New York City -- and those coming in on foot -- have long met at the George Washington Bridge before crossing from New Jersey into...

Port Authority To Trim Benefits For Employees

AP | CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 05.29.2012 | New York

NEW YORK — The agency that owns the World Trade Center, New York's airports and several bridges and tunnels will scale back benefits for its non...

World Trade Center Costs Soaring Out Of Control, Auditors Say

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 02.08.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- The agency that is building the new World Trade Center is "dysfunctional" and has let costs get out of control on the $14.8 billion projec...

World Trade Center Design Flaw Could Cost Millions

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 02.01.2012 | New York

NEW YORK -- The agency building the new World Trade Center says a design flaw could add millions of dollars to the cost of the complex's signature tow...

At $3.8 Billion, The World's Most Expensive Building

Posted 01.31.2012 | New York

Completing the One World Trade Center will cost $3.8 billion, The Wall Street Journal reports, making it "by far" the most expensive building in the w...

3 WTC Could Shrink From 80 To 7 Stories

Posted 01.23.2012 | New York

3 World Trade Center was originally planned as an 80-story skyscraper. Now, however, it could be just 7. Crain's New York reports developer Larry ...

BABY ON BOARD: Woman Gives Birth On Train To NYC

AP | DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 03.18.2012 | New York

NEW YORK — A New Jersey woman got the morning commute of her life when she gave birth to her first child on a PATH commuter train to New York. ...

Noose Discovered At One World Trade Center

Posted 12.30.2011 | New York

A noose was found hanging from the 64th floor of 1 World Trade Center Tuesday. A construction foreman returning from holiday break discovered the ...

Port Authority Cops Earning Over $200,000

Posted 12.09.2011 | New York

Dozens of rank-and-file Port Authority cops are earning more than $200,000 in 2011 thanks to overtime. According to NBC New York, one sergeant has...

Cuomo Names New Head Of Port Authority

Posted 12.20.2011 | New York

By MICHAEL GORMLEY - Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday nominated one of his top economic development a...

After Being Destroyed By 9/11, Deal Finally Made To Rebuild Church

AP | Posted 12.14.2011 | New York

NEW YORK -- It took a decade, but a deal has finally been struck to rebuild a church destroyed on 9/11, the church and a public agency announced Frida...

Irene Shuts Down NYC Airports

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 10.27.2011 | New York

NEWARK, N.J. -- The five main New York City-area airports will be closed to arriving passenger flights beginning at noon on Saturday because of Hurric...

Port Authority Raises Tolls & Fares

AP | Posted 10.19.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — Toll and fare hikes have been approved for bridges, tunnels and trains in the nation's largest metro area. The Port Authority of New...

Port Authority Raising Tolls While Paying $86M In Overtime

dnainfo.com | Posted 10.18.2011 | New York

MANHATTAN -- The cash-strapped Port Authority, which recently unveiled a proposed massive toll and PATH fare hikes, dished out a whopping $86 million ...

Port Authority Poised To Make Steep Toll Hikes

Posted 10.16.2011 | New York

Public outcry over proposed $4 and $2 toll hikes for bridges and tunnels into New York City, as well as a $1 PATH hike, forced Port Authority executiv...

Man Accused Of Running On Tarmac At NJ Airport

AP | Posted 09.16.2011 | New York

NEWARK, N.J. -- Authorities say a New York City man carrying a knife in his pocket jumped over a barrier and ran onto the tarmac at Newark Liberty Int...

Obama at Ground Zero: Emotion, Memories (And Some Embarrassment for New York)

Dan Collins | Posted 07.04.2011 | New York
Dan Collins

Nearly ten years after terrorists smashed planes into Lower Manhattan, the most optimistic thing you can say about the rebuilding of the World Trade Center is that it's a work in progress.

Awkward Paris Hilton Event Ends In Times Intern Shoving A Cop

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

City Room reports that Paris Hilton was slated to appear at a charitable event at the Port Authority for the United Service Organizations, a nonprofit...

GWB Suicides At All-Time High

dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

WASHINGTON HEIGHTS -- In the wake of several recent high-profile suicides at the George Washington Bridge, Port Authority officials said they are inve...