Refuse Removal, Recycling and Disposal Services
- This RFP had a pre-bid event.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the "Port Authority" or the
"Authority") is an agency of the States of New York and New Jersey, created and
existing by virtue of the Compact of April 30, 1921, made by and between the two
States, and thereafter consented to by the Congress of the United States. It is charged
with providing transportation, terminal and other facilities of trade and commerce
within the Port District. The Port District comprises and area of about 1,500 square
miles in both States, centering about New York Harbor. The Port District includes
the Cities of New York and Yonkers in New York State, and the cities of Newark,
Jersey City, Bayonne, Hoboken and Elizabeth in the State of New Jersey, and over
200 other municipalities, including all or part of seventeen counties, in the two States.
The Port Authority manages and/or operates all of the region's major commercial
airports (Newark Liberty International, John F. Kennedy International, Teterboro,
LaGuardia and Stewart International Airports), marine terminals in both New Jersey
and New York (Port Newark and Elizabeth, Howland Hook and Brooklyn Piers)i and
its interstate tunnels and bridges (the Lincoln and Holland Tunnelsi the George
Washington, Bayonne, and Goethals Bridgesi and the Outerbridge Crossing), which
are vital "Gateways to the Nation."
