N.Y. Development of Port of New York Law § Preamble
Whereas, The states of New York and New Jersey on the thirtieth of April, nineteen hundred and twenty-one, pursuant to chapter one hundred and fifty-four of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-one of New York and chapter one hundred and fifty-one of the laws of nineteen hundred and twenty-one of New Jersey, did enter into a compact or agreement which pledged the two states to faithful cooperation in the future planning and development of the port of New York, and which, furthermore, created the port of New York district, as therein described, and the port of New York authority, a body politic and corporate, as an instrumentality or agency of the two states to effectuate such pledge of cooperation;
And whereas, The said compact or agreement provides in article ten thereof that the "legislatures of the two states, prior to the signing of this agreement, or thereafter as soon as may be practicable, will adopt a plan or plans for the comprehensive development of the port of New York";
Now, therefore (the state of New Jersey by appropriate legislation concurring therein), the following be and it is hereby adopted as the comprehensive plan for the development of the port of New York under and pursuant to said compact or agreement:
N.Y. Development of Port of New York Law § Preamble