N90 controller describes airport configuration change that he feels is unsafe.

Narrative:

Jfk [and] lga were both landing ILS 13; and coordinating to change approaches to both land ILS 22. Because of the close proximity of these airports; these are not easy runway changes; and require a lot of coordination between the two sectors. I heard the lga supervisor; give the belmont airspace to jfk. This allowed jfk to start landing ILS 22. Unfortunately; lga still had 5 aircraft being vectored for ILS 13 approach. Jfk cannot land ILS 22 in the belmont airspace when lga is landing ILS 13. The ILS 13 go-around procedure is runway heading climb to 2;000 feet; which goes right into the belmont airspace. I advised my supervisor of his mistake and told him to keep the airspace until the last lga 13 arrival had landed. He responded 'don't worry about it'. I was then instructed to relieve the final controller; and I personally had to clear the last of the lga arrivals to runway 13 with absolutely no protection for a go-around. Lga was in IFR conditions; and windshear had been an issue all day; the likelihood of a go-around was very high. A supervisor having such disregard for aircraft safety is absolutely frightening. I recommend everyone be briefed on all conditional airspace in our facility; and be reminded why airspace delegation is so critical. We are lucky none of the lga arrivals went around; I'm afraid of what may happen next time someone is so negligent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: N90 Controller describes airport configuration change that he feels is unsafe.

Narrative: JFK [and] LGA were both landing ILS 13; and coordinating to change approaches to both land ILS 22. Because of the close proximity of these airports; these are not easy runway changes; and require a lot of coordination between the two sectors. I heard the LGA Supervisor; give the Belmont airspace to JFK. This allowed JFK to start landing ILS 22. Unfortunately; LGA still had 5 aircraft being vectored for ILS 13 approach. JFK cannot land ILS 22 in the Belmont airspace when LGA is landing ILS 13. The ILS 13 go-around procedure is runway heading climb to 2;000 feet; which goes right into the Belmont airspace. I advised my Supervisor of his mistake and told him to keep the airspace until the last LGA 13 arrival had landed. He responded 'don't worry about it'. I was then instructed to relieve the Final Controller; and I personally had to clear the last of the LGA arrivals to Runway 13 with absolutely no protection for a go-around. LGA was in IFR conditions; and windshear had been an issue all day; the likelihood of a go-around was very high. A supervisor having such disregard for aircraft safety is absolutely frightening. I recommend everyone be briefed on all conditional airspace in our facility; and be reminded why airspace delegation is so critical. We are lucky none of the LGA arrivals went around; I'm afraid of what may happen next time someone is so negligent.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1172361
Time
Date	201405
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	N90.TRACON
State Reference	NY
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Other Instrument Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 2.5
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy