COMMENT: WTC Developer, Larry Silverstein actually confessed to the controlled demolition of WTC building 7 on 9/11/2001. Silverstein made the comment in a 2006 PBS documentary "Rebuilding America" - still available from PBS. But despite this stunning confession, Silverstein was never questioned by the FBI as an accomplice to terrorism. He was not even asked for the name of the fire commander he spoke with on the phone to "pull" the building. It's understandable that NY Gov Patterson would like to distance his association with Silverstein considering the legal challenges putting pressure on his office to investigate the World Trade Center collapses....HWS_______________________________________________________________
By VICTORIA CAVALIERE - Updated 3:16 PM EDT, Mon, Aug 3, 2009
Gov. Patterson to Silverstein: "We Don't Need You at WTC" The Port Authority will revise designs that would go ahead without the office buildings.
Gov. Patterson to Silverstein: "We Don't Need You at WTC" The Port Authority will revise designs that would go ahead without the office buildings.
Gov. David Paterson has given World Trade Center site developer Larry Silverstein an ultimatum, saying construction at the site could go forward without his buildings. Seeking to kick-start the long-delayed reconstruction at ground zero, Paterson sent a letter to Silverstein on Monday renewing an offer to help finance two of the developer's planned three office towers at the site. The letter also proposes a redesign of one of the buildings -- suggesting more shops and retail. Silverstein would have to put up over $600 million of his own money to receive financial backing for the second tower. But should rebuilding plans remain stalled, Paterson said today he's asked the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which owns the 16-acre site, to revise designs so that the public projects can be built independently of Silverstein's office buildings. This includes the mass transit hub and Sept. 11 memorial.
In a statement, Silverstein's office said its initial review indicates that the ideas set forth by Gov. Paterson won't work. “These ideas also don’t address the principal issue – the Port’s chronic failures at the site. Every project for which the Port Authority is responsible has fallen years behind schedule and billions of dollars over budget, hindering the entire WTC rebuilding effort," Silverstein properties said. It also said it remains committed to seeing the reconstruction through. Silverstein has had difficulty finding financing in the current real estate market and wants the Port Authority to guarantee as much as $3.2 billion in financing for two of the towers.
The Port Authority has said it will back one tower with about $800 million in return for Silverstein's investing additional money in building the infrastructure at the site. The impasse has threatened to stall completion of the memorial ahead of the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks.
Silverstein leased the twin towers six weeks before they collapsed in 2001. The squabbling is one of many obstacles facing redevelopment in the area. A report issued earlier this year found that the World Trade Center Transportation Hub could cost nearly 30 percent more than was projected less than a year ago.
Source: http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/WTC-Construction-Could-Move-Ahead-Without-Silverstein-52365507.html
2 comments:
How come the Muslims are still being blamed? This guy needs stringing up and the video need to be shown on all the main media channels all over the world.
Still I suppose in doing that the brain washing against the Muslim people would all have been a waste of time.
So terribly sad.
You think Patterson was targeted for what he said about Luck Larry?
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