Debriefing the Former Chair of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

Crain's New York Business calls on the experience of Chris Ward to the state of infrastructure in New York.

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August 16, 2015, 11:00 AM PDT

Andrew J. Hawkins interviews Chris Ward, former chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who has gone on to become the senior vice president and chief executive for metro New York at engineering giant Aecom, as well as chair of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, now rebranded as the Waterfront Alliance.

The interview addresses the possibility of waterfront development in the face of rising sea levels, the de Blasio Administration's ferry plan, and an outside-the-box idea for the subway system.

FULL STORY: Former Port Authority chief Chris Ward takes on the waterfront

Sunday, August 16, 2015 in Crain's Business New York

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