Gov. Cuomo on Wednesday will call for the Port Authority to give up control of stalled renovation projects at Kennedy and LaGuardia and place them under the command of the state, sources told The Post.
Cuomo will make the announcement during his State of the State address in the Capitol.
Cuomo hinted Tuesday during a press conference in Albany with Vice President Joe Biden that he was going to intercede to speed up upgrades at the city’s airports.
Biden complained that the nation’s transit hubs are falling apart.
“The most modern airports and ports are in other parts of the world,” the veep said, and Cuomo agreed.
“You’re exactly right about the airports. Even here in New York, LaGuardia and JFK are inexcusable, frankly, that they haven’t been redeveloped to keep pace with the best international airports. That’s something we’re going to attend to,” Cuomo told Biden.
An Oct. 2013 reader survey by Travel and Leisure magazine ranked LaGuardia second worst in the nation, Newark Airport fourth worst and Kennedy sixth worst.