Spitzer Names Port Authority Head and Fills 11 Other Top Positions

[brooklynite]

Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer’s choice to lead the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said yesterday that the Spitzer team would take a “fresh look” at the Freedom Tower project at ground zero.

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Mr. Spitzer also appointed Elliot G. Sander as the executive director and chief executive officer of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. He signaled that Mr. Sander might also replace Peter S. Kalikow, the powerful chairman backed by Governor Pataki, once Mr. Kalikow steps down.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/16/nyregion/16spitzer.html?_r=1&oref=slogin