Topic: Lower Manhattan Development Corporation

AP News | 2009-12-17 14:52:48
NYC board approves funding for twin light beams 9/11 memorial through 2011

The agency responsible for ground zero redevelopment will spend $695,000 through 2011 to fund the twin beams of light that pay tribute to the World Trade Center victims. The Tribute in Light memorial has been projected into the night sky from lower Manhattan around the anniversary ...

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AP News | 2009-01-06 21:56:06
Prosecutors: Official falsely billed $1.2M for WTC site work not done, used money for vacation

A construction official falsely billed $1.2 million for supplies not delivered to clean up a toxic ground zero skyscraper in exchange for cash, clothes and trips to the Caribbean, prosecutors said Tuesday. Robert Chiarappa was the purchasing agent for the John Galt Corp ...

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AP News | 2008-12-22 23:24:27
NYC dodges prosecution in deadly ground zero fire but contractors charged with manslaughter

Prosecutors castigated city officials Monday but declined to charge them with any crimes in the deaths of two firefighters at a ground zero skyscraper, despite repeated failures to detect hazards that turned the tower into a death trap. The announcement follows a costly 16-month investigation that produced ...

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AP News | 2008-09-16 22:51:07
NYC mayor criticizes WTC rebuilding in op-ed column, seeks to dismantle planning agency

Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Wednesday proposed scaling back a multibillion-dollar transit hub and abolishing the agency that approved redevelopment plans at ground zero, seeking greater city control over its most high-profile building project. Bloomberg made his case for ending the Lower Manhattan Development Corp.'s role at ...

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