FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 20, 2023
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Niagara Falls Bridge Commission
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NIAGARA FALLS BRIDGE COMMISSION ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT Lindsay DiCosimo Merani appointed by Premier Ford
LEWISTON, NEW YORK – The Commissioners of the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission are pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Lindsay DiCosimo Merani to the Board of Commissioners, effective immediately. She was appointed to the Commission by the Premier of the Province of Ontario, Doug Ford.
A resident of Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Commissioner DiCosimo Merani has over 20 years of progressive experience in the travel and tourism industry, and is currently the Director of Marketing at Hilton Niagara Falls/Fallsview Hotel & Suites. She holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the State University of New York, University of Buffalo, where she was recognized for her academic achievements and elected by her peers to serve as an NCAA Division 1 | Women’s Rowing Team Captain.
The present Board of Commissioners includes Chairperson Dick Palladino (NY), Treasurer Murna Dalton (ON), Secretary Kathleen Neville (NY), and Frank Soda (NY).
About the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission:
The Niagara Falls Bridge Commission is a unique, bi-national body. Canada and the U.S. are equally represented on the NFBC through the bi-national appointment of an eight-member Board of Commissioners. A Joint Resolution of the 1938 U.S. Congressional Third Session created the framework for the NFBC. In 1939, the Province of Ontario, Canada licensed the NFBC under The Extra Provincial Corporations Act and amended the Highway Improvement Act to authorize the appropriation of land in Ontario for transfer to the NFBC. Initially established to finance, construct and operate the Rainbow Bridge, the Commission proved efficient and effective at its mission. The NFBC’s powers and authority were thereafter expanded through amendments to the Joint Resolution in the U.S., and by the Rainbow Bridge Amendment Act of 1959 and the Queenston Bridge Act of 1959 in Canada. Together, these enactments empowered the NFBC to assume responsibilities for the Whirlpool Rapids (Lower) and Lewiston-Queenston Bridges. Today, in addition to owning and operating three international bridges, the NFBC builds and maintains facilities for Customs and Immigration functions on both sides of the international border. The NFBC is self-supportive, largely through user fees (tolls) and private-sector tenant leases. NFBC is authorized to conduct international commercial financial transactions and empowered to issue tax-exempt bonds in the United States.