Follows report 50 Christie loyalists joined agency's payroll since '10
BY TOM HESTER SR.
NEWJERSEYNEWSROOM.COM
In the aftermath of a news report that since Gov. Chris Christie took office in 2010, 50 people with ties to him or his administration have obtained jobs at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, a Democratic state senator is calling for more transparency at the bi-state agency.
The jobs range from federal affairs director to toll taker and together pay about $4 million in annual salaries, according to The Record of Hackensack.
The Port Authority issued a statement to The Record stating that it "stands by the new employees" and that it has reduced the number of employees and cut payroll by $10.5 million over the past two years.
Sen. Bob Gordon (D-Bergen) said The Record story proves that more transparency is needed at the agency to give the toll-paying public confidence that its money is being properly spent.
