New Jersey Statutes
N.J. Stat. § 32:1-5 (2026)
Commissioners; appointment; removal
✓ current as of May 2026
ARTICLE IV.
The port authority shall consist of twelve commissioners--six resident voters from the state of New York, at least four of whom shall be resident voters of the city of New York, and six resident voters from the state of New Jersey, at lest [least] four of whom shall be resident voters within the New Jersey portion of the district, the New York members to be chosen by the state of New York and the New Jersey members by the state of New Jersey in the manner and for the terms fixed and determined from time to time by the legislature of each state respectively, except as herein provided.
Each commissioner may be removed or suspended from office as provided by the law of the state from which he shall be appointed.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3
cases, 1989–2001 · leading case: Patrick Feeney v. Port Auth. Trans-Hudson Corp., 873 F.2d 628 (2d Cir. 1989).
Patrick Feeney v. Port Auth. Trans-Hudson Corp., 873 F.2d 628 (2d Cir. 1989). “Laws § 6405 (McKinney 1979) and N.J.Stat.Ann. § 32:1-5 (West 1963). The Commissioners’ actions are in turn subject to veto by the governor of either state.”
Port Auth. of New York & New Jersey v. Affiliated FM Ins., 245 F. Supp. 2d 563 (D.N.J. 2001). “Laws § 6405 (McKinney 1979 and N.J. Stat. Ann. § 32:1-5 (West 1963)). The governors of both New York and New Jersey hold veto power over the commissioners’ actions.”
Fitchik v. New Jersey Transit Rail Operations, Inc., 873 F.2d 655 (3rd Cir. 1989). “The Port Authority is run by a board of commissioners, N.J.Stat.Ann. § 32:1-5 (West 1963), which has the power to appoint officers and hire employees as it sees fit for the performance of its duties.”
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