Seven years since then-Vice President Joe Biden likened LaGuardia Airport to one you would find in a “third-world country,” the first phase of its $8 billion reconstruction is nearing completion.
Biden helped break ground on the project in June 2016 and heard Governor Andrew Cuomo declare a complete transformation would get underway.
“Today, we are not just breaking ground,” Cuomo said. “We are building an entirely new LaGuardia and transforming it into a world-class transportation gateway for the 21st century.”
The sleek and modern Terminal B is more than 80 percent complete and it has now become the first airport project in the world to achieve the stringent LEED v4 Gold certification for building design and construction.
