Port Authority of New York
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Port Authority of New York Port Authority
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which runs the Red Hook piers, refuses to rent an empty warehouse to American Stevedoring, a shipping company that built a thriving business over the last 10 years on piers that once employed thousands but then stood vacant for decades. The Port Authority has evicted the stevedores from two piers to make room for a cruise-ship port and a planned waterfront development that combines parkland and luxury housing and is favored by the city. The Port Authority said it will not renew Stevedoring's lease on five other piers when it expires next year.