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While allowing a lawsuit filed against the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) to proceed, a federal judge in New Jersey dismissed claims filed under state sunshine laws because the Pennsylvania legislature has not acted to apply its statute to the bi-state agency. Both Pennsylvania and New Jersey must enact substantially similar legislation to bring DRPA Read More …
A 2015 law (bill S2183 in the 2014-15 New Jersey legislative session) subjected The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to both NY FOIL and NJ OPRA statutes and provided a process for reconciling application of the two states’ open records laws. There have been some problems with the new law’s application, however, Read More …
(UPDATE 2/2/17): In what may be the first GRC complaint filed against the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey since it became subject to OPRA in June 2015, the GRC ruled on Jan. 31, 2017 that the Authority violated OPRA by seeking “at least 3 weeks” to review a request (that was ignored Read More …
Governor Christie has conditionally vetoed Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) broad reform legislation. Christie claims to have rejected the legislation (S-708/A-2184) because it shields union members from cooperating in investigations, and he is calling on lawmakers to back a version of the legislation similar to that adopted in New York. Both Read More …
On Dec. 6, we shared John Paff’s post about the Port Authority’s failure to comply with the Open Public Records Act, a law it first became subject to in late June. Now, some six months following the effective date of the new legislation, the agency plans to adopt procedures for handling OPRA requests. -NJFOG Dec. 16, 2015 Port Read More …