PORT AUTHORITY AGREES WITH CITY TO EXPAND TWO MAJOR AIRPORTS
The Koch administration has reached agreement with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey on a $500 million package of investment and development at Kennedy International and La Guardia Airports over the next 15 years. As part of the agreement, the city would accept lower rent payments for the airports from the Port Authority. Several members of the Board of Estimate, which is scheduled to vote on the plan this week, criticized that concession yesterday, and one - City Comptroller Harrison J. Goldin, who led the negotiations with the port agency - said he would now vote to reject the agreement. The plans have also been criticized by a Queens citizens group that is demanding that the Port Authority pay for airport-related damage to surrounding neighborhoods. Unfair Practice Alleged In addition the City Comptroller's office charged yesterday that the Port Authority had unfairly deprived the city of $5 million in airport payments by changing certain accounting procedures without notifying the city.