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Glimpse Of World Trade Center "Brain Trust"
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Jen Chung
Published May 21, 2009
Modified May 22, 2009
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With all the squabbling over World Trade Center development—not to mention delays and ballooning budgets and talk of cutting buildings—a number of players (like the Port Authority's Anthony Coscia, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, WTC developer Larry Silverstein,NY Governor David Paterson), met at Gracie Mansion today. But don't expect anything to come out of it. Mayor Bloomberg told reporters, "There will not be a grand announcement at the end of [this] afternoon that the days of wine and roses are here again.... If we can be a catalyst and provide a forum for them to get together - I would like to do that. It is in the interest of the city and this country to get development going at the World Trade Center site...There's no easy solution here. We'll try and come to an agreement."
According to the NY Times, "The best outcome of the Gracie Mansion summit, many say, may be an agreement to meet again."
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Jen Chung is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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