{{Short description|American politician (born 1947)}} {{Use American English|date=November 2017}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2017}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Pat Schuber | image = | caption = | office = Commissioner of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey | term_start = July 1, 2011 | term_end = July 2, 2017 | predecessor = Anthony Coscia | successor = Kevin J. O'Toole | office1 = 2nd County Executive of Bergen County | term_start1 = January 1, 1991 | term_end1 = December 31, 2003 | predecessor1 = William D. McDowell | successor1 = Dennis McNerney | state_assembly2 = New Jersey | district2 = 38th | alongside2 = Louis F. Kosco and Patrick J. Roma | term_start2 = January 12, 1982 | term_end2 = December 31, 1990 | predecessor2 = John B. Paolella | successor2 = Rose Marie Heck | office3 = Mayor of Bogota | term_start3 = 1980 | term_end3 = 1984 | predecessor3 = Eugene J. Brophy | successor3 = Alex F. Kelemen | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|04|15}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican | alma_mater = Fordham University (BA, JD) | signature = | website = }} '''William "Pat" Schuber''' (born April 15, 1947) is an American Republican Party politician who served as Mayor of Bogota, represented the 38th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly and served 12 years as the Bergen County Executive.
==Background== Born on April 15, 1947, Schuber graduated from Bogota High School.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=f2ckAQAAIAAJ&q=%22WILLIAM+P.+SCHUBER+,+REP+.+,+BOGOTA%22 ''Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1990''], p. 274. Accessed May 1, 2022. "William P. Schuber, Rep., Bogota - Assemblyman Schuber was born April 15, 1947. He attended Dewey School, Bogota, and Bogota High School."</ref>
Schuber received a BA from Fordham University and was awarded a JD from the Fordham University School of Law. He has been a senior lecturer on the faculty of Fairleigh Dickinson University.<ref name=FDU/>
==Political offices== Schuber served as Mayor of Bogota for four years from 1980 until 1984.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bogotaonline.org/formermayorsofbogota | title=Former Mayors of Bogota }}</ref> He represented the 38th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1982 to 1990 and served 12 years as the Bergen County Executive.<ref name=FDU>[http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=1199 William "Pat" Schuber, Esq., BA, JD] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807121524/http://view.fdu.edu/default.aspx?id=1199 |date=August 7, 2007 }}, Fairleigh Dickinson University. Accessed August 28, 2007.</ref><ref>''Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual: State of New Jersey (2007)'', Skinder-Strauss Associates, Newark, p. 325. {{ISBN|1-57741-245-1}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.decotiislaw.com/people/william-p-schuber |title=DeCotiis : William P. Schuber |accessdate=2014-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223233335/http://www.decotiislaw.com/people/william-p-schuber |archive-date=February 23, 2014 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>
==Port Authority of New York and New Jersey== Schuber was appointed to a six-year term on the board of commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) by Governor of New Jersey Chris Christie in July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/07/former_bergen_county_executive.html|title=Former Bergen County executive assumes role on Port Authority Board of Commissioners|website=NJ.com|date=July 29, 2011|access-date=November 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panynj.gov/corporate-information/board-commissioners.html|title=The Port Authority of NY & NJ|website=www.PANYNJ.gov|access-date=November 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://corpinfo.panynj.gov/pages/william-pat-schuber-esq-ba-jd/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161123023218/http://corpinfo.panynj.gov/pages/william-pat-schuber-esq-ba-jd/ | archive-date=November 23, 2016 | title=Port Authority of New York and New Jersey }}</ref> He is one of several PANYNJ personnel subpoenaed by the New Jersey Legislature panel investigating the Fort Lee lane closure scandal.<ref>{{cite news | last = Baxter | first = Christopher | title = Christie bridge scandal: Recipients of 18 new subpoenas revealed | publisher = The Star-Ledger | date = February 10, 2014 | url = http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/02/christie_bridge_scandal_nj_committee_issues_more_subpoenas.html | access-date = February 10, 2014}}</ref> Testimony given in September 2016 by federal prosecution witness David Wildstein claims that Schuber was aware the lane closures were planned.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2016/09/wildstein_christie_port_authority_appointee_was_to.html|title=Wildstein: Christie Port Authority appointee was told about Bridgegate scheme|website=NJ.com|date=September 26, 2016|access-date=November 18, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | title=North Jersey News and Information {{!}} NorthJersey.com | url=http://www.northjersey.com/news/bridgegate-trial-wildstein-testifies-traffic-plans-weren-t-secret-says-he-tipped-off-christie-aides-ex-county-exec-1.1666870 | access-date=2025-01-11 | website=www.northjersey.com}}</ref> In February 2017, it was announced that Kevin J. O'Toole would succeed him as commissioner.<ref>Arco, Matt. [http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2017/02/christie_appoints_longtime_loyalist_to_port_author.html "Christie appoints longtime loyalist to Port Authority board"], NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 27, 2017. Accessed February 28, 2017. "Gov. Chris Christie announced Monday Sen. Kevin O'Toole, a lawmaker who has long been loyal to him, will serve on the Port Authority's board of commissioners. O'Toole (R-Essex) announced in January he won't seek re-election to his Senate seat after serving as a legislator for more than two decades. Christie's office announced his longtime ally would replace outgoing Commissioner Pat Schuber."</ref>
==See also== * Governorship of Chris Christie * List of people involved in the Fort Lee lane closure scandal
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