Negotiations Under Way To Ease Ground Zero Deal
City and state officials have begun talks with Goldman Sachs in the hope of negotiating a new agreement that would avoid hefty penalties for delays in rebuilding at the World Trade Center site.
View ArticleMerrill Lynch Weighs Putting Headquarters at Ground Zero
If negotiations succeed, the company would be the first financial firm to return to the former World Trade Center site.
View ArticleCourt to Hear Challenge From Muslims Held After 9/11
The Supreme Court agreed to decide whether top government officials can be sued for damages by Muslim men who were rounded up in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, 2001.
View ArticleTHE NEEDIEST CASES; Loss of a Job Dashes a Working Man's Simple Dreams
A Brooklyn man's plans to travel fell apart after he lost his job as a baggage handler.
View ArticleEDITORIAL; Living With History
The Neediest Cases Fund helped a first responder from Sept. 11 pay his bills after he became disabled and his wife lost her job.
View ArticleABOUT NEW YORK; Companies We Keep, And Pay For
For all the wealth that ran through New York before the economic crash, commercial real estate was often subsidized through state and city tax benefits.
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OP-ED COLUMNIST; Harvest of Anger
The mosque project near ground zero upholds a great American principle, but it's not a sensible idea.
View ArticlePamela Geller: In Her Own Words
Excerpts from an interview with the conservative blogger.
View ArticleLive Blog: New York Reacts to Bin Laden's Death
Updates from around the city and the region as the Qaeda leader's death prompts celebrations even as it reopens old wounds....
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A Mood of Triumph and Sober Reflection
At the World Trade Center site and other gatherings in New York, there was joy, but also more subdued scenes.
View ArticleA Mood of Triumph and Sober Reflection
There were, of course, the joyous celebrations, the honking horns, cheering crowds and waving flags, as if war had been won and tyranny ended. But word that Osama bin Laden had at last been killed...
View ArticleCourt Officers Also Risked Lives on 9/11, and 3 Were Lost
Courthouse Confidential: Court officers are not known for running into burning buildings, but they did so on Sept. 11. Those who fell are being honored in a memorial service....
View ArticleDowntown's Rebirth, 10 Years and $24 Billion Later
Despite the botched planning, the delays and bureaucratic politics, one official says, things are actually coming along very well in the World Trade Center area.
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