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May 3, 2005
Pols clash over Ground Zero
Here are two stories that might be of interest to those following the Ratner boondoggle.
As Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver -- whose support the Mayor and Governor need for controversial development projects like the West Side Stadium and Ratner's Atlantic Yards -- is blaming Bloomberg and Pataki for lack of progress in rebuilding is district of Lower Manhattan, the Mayor and Governor might make a scapegoat out of real estate mogul Larry Silverstein, who still holds the lease on the World Trade Center site.
NY Newsday, Silver blasts Bloomberg, Pataki `leadership' on Freedom Towers
NY1, Governor, Mayor Considering Using Eminent Domain At Ground Zero
NoLandGrab: Despite the misguided notion that these projects are a "done deal," from time to time the public is reminded that the political situation is fluid, as the titans in state and local politics clash.
Posted by lumi at May 3, 2005 7:53 AM