NEW YORK (AP) — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey official who put a stop to politically motivated lane closures last fall said Thursday said he is proud of his actions and didn’t hesitate in taking them.

“I didn’t want someone dying in the back of an ambulance,” Patrick Foye said during a question-and-answer session hosted by the New York Observer and the law firm Cozen O’Connor. “I’m proud of the action I took. It was, frankly, a very easy, short decision.”