City of New York v. Long Island Airports Limousine Service Corp.

Levine, J. (concurring).

Although I agree with the result reached by the majority, I cannot agree with the means by which it arrived there, namely, that the City of New York lacks veto power over LIALS’ right to operate existing routes between Kennedy and La Guardia Airports and points in Suffolk and Nassau Counties because its consent is not required under section 66 of the Transportation Corporations Law (as amd by L 1972, ch 194, § 1). The majority reasons that because various municipal powers over the airports were ceded by statute and lease to the Port Authority, the City of New York is…