Getting the Port shipshape: Hochul erred with Port Authority reform bill, but smartly tapped Kathryn Garcia

Getting the Port shipshape: Hochul erred with Port Authority reform bill, but smartly tapped Kathryn Garcia

Gov. Hochul was wrong to veto an important Port Authority reform bill even as she was right to appoint the excellent Kathryn Garcia to be the next PA executive director when incumbent Rick Cotton departs next month after doing an outstanding job since 2017. The Port reform legislation was passed unanimously in both the state Senate and the Assembly and Hochul killed it last week. She did the same veto last December, also when the bill passed wit…