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- 1 2 "2019 Queens Courier Person of the Year: Rick Cotton, Port Authority boss, helping the airports soar". QNS.com. January 17, 2019. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
- ↑ "Rick Cotton".
- ↑ "Feds Boost Foundering LaGuardia AirTrain". August 21, 2020.
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