Statement on Rick Cotton Retiring as Head of the Port Authority
Published on Nov 24, 2025
Our statement from Carlo A. Scissura, Esq., President and CEO of the New York Building Congress on the retirement of Rick Cotton:
“Rick Cotton has been responsible for building more of the metropolitan region than most human beings – short of Robert Moses – can claim credit for. And he did it through partnership, with strategic leadership, and with a vision of the future that always drove innovation. He’s a titan of our industry, an infrastructure czar, and, personally, a mentor to me. He leaves behind a legacy of taking our airports from worst to first, securing our shores, and building a better-connected Port Authority region. He’ll be missed, and we thank him for his decades of selfless service.”
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