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In Renaming Airport, City Council

Praises Nader As Visionary Leader

Sam Nader

ONEONTA – A motion to rename the city airport as “Albert S. Nader Regional Airport” in honor of the former mayor praises his “thoughtful foresight” and “patient leadership.”

Common Council is due to act on the resolution when it meets at 7 p.m. Tuesday in City Hall, according to the agenda released this afternoon.

Christened at the time by one local newspaper as “Nader’s Folly,” creation of the airport in 1966 resulted in 30 years of daily passenger service between Oneonta and LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

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