Nash v. Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Milton A. Tingling, J.), entered January 15, 2010, insofar as appealed from as limited by the briefs, awarding postjudgment interest at the fixed rate of nine percent per annum, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

McKinney’s Unconsolidated Laws of NY § 7106 (L 1950, ch 301, § 6) states that both New York and New Jersey consent to liability on the part of defendant Port Authority for tortious acts “to the same extent as though it were a private corporation.” By its plain meaning, the statutory language indicates that the Port Authority should be…