Since 1995, Governor Pataki has said he wanted the Port Authority to return to its core mission of transportation,

He is the governor and he thinks it's important for the future, whether he's here or not,

We're trying to rebuild lower Manhattan. This added transportation is important, especially around the Financial District, where a half-hour savings is very important to the business traveler.

No core mission.

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The governor has consistently said, in any kind of port expansion, he'd like to see some kind of public-private partnership, but he'll defer the nature of that partnership to the State Ports Authority.