Originally Posted by
ty97
Cuomo, theoretically, is trying to.
Indeed, there's a telling detail in the story from the OP's original link:
JFK has six terminals, each of which is managed by individual airlines or terminal operators. The Port Authority has budgeted $1 billion for the airport expansion, with the expectation that the private sector will provide the remaining $9 billion.
The sad part is that $10 Billion, given all that's wrong across the entirety of the JFK experience, isn't going to go very far. LHR Terminal 5 opened ten years ago, took 20 years to build, is designed for 35 million passengers (JFK handled more than 60 million last year, and Delta alone 16 million), and cost GBP 4 Billion. These are private equity owners and listed operators at JFK, not civic-minded non-profits.
