Rick Cotton

Rick Cotton
Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
In office
August 14, 2017 – January 2026
Appointed byAndrew Cuomo
Preceded byPat Foye
Succeeded byKathryn Garcia
Personal details
Born1943 or 1944 (age 81–82)
Alma materHarvard University (BA)
Yale University (JD)
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Richard Cotton (born 1943 or 1944) is the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. He assumed this role in August 2017 and is expected to retire in January 2026.