As the nation celebrates Independence Day, the federal government is taking steps that could one day reopen the Statue of Liberty's crown for the first time since the World Trade Center attack, the Daily News has learned.

Published by New York Daily News on July 4, 2008.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention decided not to reappoint the official who has coordinated health programs for ground zero workers, Congressional aides who spoke with him said.

Published by New York Times on July 4, 2008.

The Bush administration is letting go of its World Trade Center health czar.

Published by New York Daily News on July 3, 2008.

The story of the tiny St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church and its efforts to rebuild after the collapse of the World Trade Center is one of well-intentioned promises that led to endless negotiations, design disputes, delays and mounting costs.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

The speaker, a Lower Manhattan representative who is likely to face a primary for the first time since 1986, has millions of campaign dollars at his disposal and broad name recognition from 32 years of incumbency.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

Gov. David Paterson asked the president Wednesday to extend the term of the official overseeing the federal government's response to ailing ground zero workers.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 3, 2008.

The president of a New Jersey company that owns the dump truck that crashed in Chinatown last week has been charged with unlicensed collection of trade waste.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

But today, the church exists only on blueprints. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the agency overseeing reconstruction, has not finalized the exchange of land needed to provide the congregation with a new home near ground zero.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

Eleven years ago, a woman who had immigrated from South America several years earlier went to Battery Park with her sister to see the Statue of Liberty.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

The Oscar-winner pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her cocaine arrest in lower Manhattan last month, and the charge will be dropped if she spends two half-days in a drug-treatment program, pays a $95 fee and stays out of trouble.

Published by New York Post on July 3, 2008.

A strike by concrete-truck drivers has all but halted work at scores of sites, from the Freedom Tower at ground zero to modest apartment buildings.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

About two blocks from the former World Trade Center site, the store is opening its doors on the heels of a report that the rebuilding of ground zero will take much longer than expected.

Published by New York Sun on July 3, 2008.

City Room attended a concrete pour last month on basement level B3 of 1 World Trade Center, also known as the Freedom Tower. We watched as the concrete mix arrived in trucks on Vesey Street, from which it was pumped about 175 feet through a hose to the construction site below.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by amNY.com on July 2, 2008.

The second date marks the day this block of granite was laid with great ceremony as the cornerstone of the new Freedom Tower at Ground Zero.

Published by New York Daily News on July 2, 2008.

The projects that could be affected include the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site, where rebuilding has already been delayed and is over budget. Local 282 spokeswoman Carolyn Daly said the union could not reach an agreement with the Association of New York City Concrete Producers over wages and working conditions.

Published by WNBC on July 2, 2008.

A battle is brewing between New York and New Jersey over who will pay for the billions of dollars in expected cost overruns at ground zero.

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.

Of 10,000 Ground Zero workers suing the city, medical records show 67 percent suffer respiratory ailments and 45 percent have a gastrointestinal disease, their lawyers claim.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

New York's governor is asking President Bush to reappoint Dr. John Howard as director of the institute that oversees Ground Zero health programs.

Published by SI Live on July 2, 2008.

Prolifics, a software consulting firm specializing in IBM technologies, will become a SemanticSpace subsidiary, maintaining its headquarters in lower Manhattan. The sale will give the 30-year-old firm the ability to expand globally and the financial resources to grow via acquisition.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 2, 2008.

Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

Plans for enormous wings forming the roof of the main hall at the World Trade Center transportation hub have been altered as officials deal with budgets and timetables.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

Hundreds of cement-truck drivers went on strike days before the Fourth of July holiday weekend, disrupting some of the largest construction projects in the city including the World Trade Center site.

Published by amNY.com on July 2, 2008.

Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 2, 2008.

The chief target for blame is ex-Gov. George Pataki, who led the rebuilding effort until leaving office at the end of 2006 - with very little visible progress completed at the site, other than a ceremonial steel beam erected for the Freedom Tower and a cornerstone.

Published by New York Post on July 2, 2008.

With the bulky, noisy ready-mix concrete trucks largely disappearing from the city’s streets, the walkout affected scores of projects, including the Freedom Tower; the Second Avenue subway; the new Yankee Stadium; Citi Field, the ballpark that will replace Shea Stadium; and many high-rise apartment buildings.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

The projects that could be affected include the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site, where rebuilding has already been delayed and is over budget.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 2, 2008.

Tatum O'Neal has pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct in connection with her June cocaine possession arrest in lower Manhattan.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 2, 2008.

The projects that could be affected include the Freedom Tower at the World Trade Center site, where rebuilding has already been delayed and is over budget.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 2, 2008.

Hundreds of cement-truck drivers went on strike days before the Fourth of July holiday weekend, disrupting some of the largest construction projects in the city including the World Trade Center site.

Published by New York Sun on July 2, 2008.

The Port Authority called for a do-over yesterday in the rebuilding of the World Trade Center, but declined to provide an exact timeframe as to when any of the 16-acre site would be completed or how much it would cost.

Published by amNY.com on July 1, 2008.

The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub Tuesday, a day after concluding that most projects at ground zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 1, 2008.

At the World Trade Center site, the memorial to the people who died on Sept. 11, 2001, will not be open to the public in time for the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attack, as had been previously announced.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.

Still, the reference to phony ribbon-cuttings and the like amounted to a rebuke of Mr. Pataki, who was in office in 2001 and viewed the rebuilding of Lower Manhattan as a central element of his 12-year legacy.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.

It was to have been an audacious gesture in an already daring design. As envisioned by the architect Santiago Calatrava, the enormous counterpoised wings forming the rooftop of the World Trade Center Transportation Hub were to have opened almost 50 feet wide to the sky, in fine weather and on each anniversary of the terrorist attacks.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.

In the latest embarrassment to hit the bungled rebuilding of Ground Zero, the agency responsible for the massive project yesterday scrapped its timetable for completing it.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

...submarkets in the second quarter of 2008. AIG’s 800,000-square-foot lease at 180 Maiden Lane in Downtown Manhattan brought June leasing activity there to 1.3 million square feet, compared...

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

The announcement that the World Trade Center site will take far longer to rebuild than forecast left city leaders and watchdogs crestfallen, but resolute the project will rise.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

The executive pay lawsuit against former New York Stock Exchange Chairman Richard Grasso appeared to end with a whimper Tuesday when a state appellate court dropped the last two remaining charges.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 1, 2008.

The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub Tuesday, a day after concluding that most projects at ground zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by amNY.com on July 1, 2008.

When stunning Kazakh model Ruslana Korshunova, 20, leapt to her death from her ninth-floor Financial District apartment on Saturday, she became another number in a worrying pattern in New York City suicides.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

“For years, unrealistic deadlines were set,” said Julie Menin, chairwoman of Community Board 1, whose district includes the site. “There seemed to be more interest in having press conferences declaring how Lower Manhattan would be rebuilt better than ever, than in establishing realistic deadlines and budgets.

Published by New York Times on July 1, 2008.

A German shepherd named Trakr, a hero of Ground Zero, will be replicated as a detection dog in a bizarre cloning experiment announced Monday.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub Tuesday, a day after concluding that most projects at ground zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by New York Daily News on July 1, 2008.

Both sides will return to the bargaining table today at 9 a.m. at the State Labor Relations Board's offices in TriBeCa. Reps met yesterday to discuss logistics for the meeting.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

Later, helping to alleviate the general feeling of nausea will be Kim Gordon and Sonic Youth, who are hot in that ageless sort of way, performing at Battery Park, thereby allowing us to relive our six months of grungy rebellion in middle school, when we wore ripped jeans and smelled pot (before deciding against it).

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Now, with the imbroglio at ground zero officially in his court, Mr. Paterson faces the less-than-fun tasks of determining just how to triage projects (and dealing with stakeholders for the site’s portions that are not at the top of the list); figuring out what to cut; rounding up hundreds of millions in additional money for the site...

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

Syms, the off-market chain known for its black paper bags proclaiming “An educated consumer is our best customer,” purports to be a retailer. Others, including some of the chain’s shareholders, suspect Syms is actually a real estate firm masquerading as a retailer, with secret plans to erect a tall building where its squat shop now stands in the heart of the Financial District.

Published by The New York Observer on July 1, 2008.

The World Trade Center's owner announced a major design change to its multibillion-dollar transit hub today, a day after concluding that most projects at Ground Zero are behind schedule and over budget.

Published by SI Live on July 1, 2008.

More than 80 months since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey cannot say when New Yorkers can expect to see the World Trade Center site rebuilt or how much it will cost.

Published by New York Sun on July 1, 2008.