Airport Voice
MARCH 2021 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM NEW YORK'S AIRPORT COMMUNITY
TAKE THE SHOT
RACE TO IMMUNITY
COVID
ANNIVERSARY
Introduction by
Port Authority
COO and Aviation
Directror Huntley
Lawrence
One year later
The pandemic has been very isolating
for a lot of employees who have
been seeing such a significant impact
on a personal level.
What we have to consider are the
friends and families of the co-workers
that we lost, first of all, but also continue
to take care of each other and focus
on our safety and well being. As
our passengers will be coming back
and it will be more important than
ever that we serve them and better
than we have ever served them before.
Folks are going to be anxious
about traveling so we have to be sure
to maintain our health and safety procedures
and make sure to keep our
passengers safe and provide a great
level of service.
This vaccine is important, since it
is one of the ways in which we can see
our way clear out of this crisis . I encourage
all employees, our essential
front line workers , to consider taking
the vaccine as a way to protect themselves
and their families from the impact
of the more severe cases of Covid
19. This is really one of the ways we
are going to open up air travel, open
up commerce and business so we get
our economy back to normal.
We have been working with stakeholders
like never before. There are a
lot of discussions with our stakeholders
and I am looking for the continuing
collaboration and dialogue. We
are looking forward to new investments,
new projects such as the new
LGA Terminal B , new Terminal C, a
new Terminal A at Newark Airport
and the JFK redevelopment. These
are all exciting opportunities and we
think our passengers will be exceptionally
excited by our future.
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Port Authority in the race against the spread of Covid. NYS Patrick McNeil of the NYS Division of Homeland Security and Emergency
Services with Port Authority COO and Aviation Director Huntley Lawrence at the Aqueduct Raceway Covid vaccine and testing super
site located near JFK airport. Photo by Jeff Yapalater
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WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTHAVIATION
INNOVATORS
pushed aside, ridiculed or overshadowed.
Today, we are encouraged
to reveal the contributions women
have made to our society, empowering
the current and future generation
of girls to become power women and
take place alongside men in forging
an equal and strong society.
See more onpage 24
As we open the history books, we
find more and more exemplary examples
of women’s impact on our country
with many representing aviation.
From innovators in creativity, science,
mathematics, aerospace design,
manufacturing and exploration our
women have been leaders.
Unfortunately in previous generations,
these women have gone unnoticed,
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