Anthony R. Coscia was appointed Chairman of the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in April 2003.

Having held a number of top positions in state government, he is leading the Port Authority through one of the most challenging times of the agency’s 86-year history.  In his capacity as Chair, Mr. Coscia has broad policy oversight responsibility in connection with the agency’s varied transportation businesses and $5 billion annual capital and operating budget.  In 2006, Mr. Coscia spearheaded the agency’s adoption of a $26 billion ten-year Capital Plan, which provides for substantial expansion to the region’s transportation facilities, including the development of a new trans-Hudson tunnel, a fourth regional airport, and expanded port facilities.  Mr. Coscia’s focus as Chair is to ensure the safety and security of the Port Authority’s facilities, to improve the critical transportation networks between New York and  New Jersey, and to rebuild the World Trade Center as a driving force for Lower Manhattan’s and the region’s economic recovery, as well as to establish a memorial to those lost on September 11, 2001.

Mr. Coscia, a Partner of Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf, LLP, one of the New York region’s oldest law firms, is a member of the firm’s Corporate & Securities, Financial Transactions, and Real Estate Practice Groups.  He is also a member of the Executive Committee of WMLM.

Mr. Coscia’s practice focuses primarily on corporate, commercial, and real estate matters, with a concentration on the financial elements of these transactions.  He represents financial institutions, investors, and major corporations on whose behalf he has handled a broad variety of matters, including commercial and real estate credit transactions, asset recovery, regulatory compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and general litigation.  In addition, Mr. Coscia regularly advises real estate developers, private equity firms, technology companies, not-for-profit organizations, and utilities.  He also has specific experience in the area of redevelopment finance and has worked extensively with various governmental and regulatory agencies.

From February 1992 to March 2003, Mr. Coscia served as Chair of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority (“NJEDA”), one of the largest state-sponsored development banks in the United States.  The NJEDA, with more than $2 billion in assets and $14 billion in financing, is charged with strengthening the state’s economic base and renewing communities through business expansion and attraction, job creation and retention, and revitalization of underutilizied properties.

Mr. Coscia has served as a director and audit committee member of several public and closely-held corporations in the financial services, investment banking, real estate, and manufacturing sectors.  In addition, he serves as a trustee of the New Jersey Network Foundation, Cerebral Palsy of North Jersey, and the Liberty Science Center  Foundation, and is a member of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center Council of Trustees.

Mr. Coscia is admitted to the state bars of New Jersey and New York.  He is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (B.S.F.S., 1981).  He received his law degree from Rutgers University School of Law (J.D., 1984), where he served as Editor-in-Chief of the Rutgers Computer and Technology Law Journal.

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