Wright, the chief executive of the Regional Plan Association, a research group focused on infrastructure in and around the city, said “a lot of public space was terrible” in the 1970s and 1980s, including the subways and Times Square. If all goes according to plan, the New York metropolitan area could have three of the most modern airports in the country by 2030. Now, after years of neglect and underinvestment, the Port Authority is revamping all three of its major airports at a cost of more than $25 billion. “Certainly, La Guardia, parts of Newark and parts of J.F.K.
Kennedy International Airport in Queens, as well as Newark Liberty International in New Jersey. “I vividly remember the state that La Guardia was in, with tarps hanging down to catch leaks,” said Rick Cotton, the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which operates La Guardia and John F. Even the top official who oversees the airports has unpleasant memories of using them. Photographs by Thomas Prior July 21, 2022Ĭomplaining about the sorry state of New York City’s airports has become a national pastime.įor decades, travelers have exchanged tales of indignities: rats in the terminals, pigeon droppings, leaky ceilings, broken escalators, temporary toilets.
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