New York – Jeffrey A. Moerdler, the New York practice leader of Mintz Levin’s Real Estate and Communications practices and an active member of the Riverdale community, has been appointed by Governor David Paterson and confirmed by the state Senate to serve as the commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
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Mr. Moerdler is an Emergency Medical Technician in the Riverdale chapter of Hatzalah Volunteer Ambulance, a trustee and past president of the Riverdale YM-YWHA and president of his co-operative apartment building, the Whitehall. He will serve a five-year term at the Port Authority.
Mr. Moerdler attended the Horace Mann School and got his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and his J.D. from the New York University School of Law.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns and operates Kennedy, LaGuardia, Newark, Stewart and Teterboro airports, the downtown Manhattan heliport, all the bridges and tunnels between N.Y. and N.J., the two Port Authority bus terminals, various marine terminals, the PATH trains and their stations, the World Trade Center site and various industrial parks.
Mazal Tov & Hatzalah Rabbah 🙂
This is mostly an Honorary appointment. But it’s an honor to have an Orthodox Jewish person appointed to the post. Thank You governor Patterson. Do we hear rumblings of Gubernatorial elections?!
hatzlacha rabbah to a wonderful yid
So what do all of the Gov. Patterson bashers have to say now?
I have known the Moerdler family for years…no finer people on this earth, a real credit to his family, his community (Riverdale) and all the heimiche. Mazal Tov
Wha(s the pay for this job, any idea?
The governor of each state appoints six members of the agency’s Board of Commissioners, subject to state senate approval. Commissioners serve as public officials without pay for overlapping six-year terms. The governors retain the right to veto the actions of the Commissioners from his or her own state. Board meetings are public
A finer choice could not be made.
Patterson has chosen an outstanding individual to serve on this board.
Congratulations RD37! Your new position is well deserved.
All the best!
i guess paterson thinks he can get jewish votes by doing this
what a kidush hashem, mazel tov to you 37. he is a active hatzalah member .takes a lot of calles.