The MTA has installed camera systems on the Hudson Bridge toll plaza, which enable the authority to capture the license-plate numbers of motorists who pass through.
The system can gather data from security cameras, license-plate readers, radiation detectors and 911 calls and hunt through dozens of existing law-enforcement databases for related information.
The World Trade Center site's design includes elements that should help protect against flooding, but the Port Authority is re-evaluating that design because of Sandy, Mr. Plate said through a spokesman.
It can take several days for a loan to progress through the batting order into the on-deck circle and ultimately step up to the plate for underwriting review.
Mr Putin had plenty on his plate already: his government is trying to push a radical income-tax reform through parliament, decide on an economic policy and restore central authority over Russia's 89 regions and republics.