It’s blatantly dishonest when you stand before a bunch of beat reporters, many of which cover NYC and NJ events on a daily basis, and who followed the Governor around when he visited the 9/11 memorial, which is located on Port Authority property. Port Authority personnel died in the attacks, and it was their WTC that was destroyed by the terrorists. Top officials from the PANYNJ are present for the memorial events, ribbon cutting, etc. at PANYNJ facilities, and it would take just a short search to find photos of the Governor with someone like Wildstein.

It’s not surprising to find PANYNJ officials in tow with the Governor during a tour of the site. It would be more surprising that the top officials - especially ones he selected for those posts - weren’t around him.

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That photo’s from the same article and shows them all together in June to announce the Bayonne Bridge navigation clearance project (another Port Authority project).

But it’s disheartening to find media outlets weren’t going to call him on that during his presser, even though many accompany him around on a regular basis as part of his press gaggle.

Such a simple thing to check, and yet…