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Re:Fixing Ellis Island's borders in the face of incorrect go... by pbhjpbhj on Saturday May 09, 2020 @03:36PM (#23127677)
First question: who runs the local National Parks Service (NPS), and who runs the the ferry company, and what's their [financial] link.
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Re:Fixing Ellis Island's borders in the face of incorrect go... by exegete on Saturday May 09, 2020 @04:18PM (#23127966)
The ferry companies and NYC lobbied to make access by ferry only. There are two locations to board the ferry. One in Jersey and one in NYC. Ferry companies obviously didn’t want to lose revenue and NYC didn’t want people to go to Jersey.
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