The two leaders met for an hour with three top aides apiece in Paterson's office, the first in what Bloomberg said would be monthly sit-downs to talk about Ground Zero, Moynihan Station and other projects that require tight city-state cooperation.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

The city is not required to re-sift through debris from ground zero in search of bits of human remains, a federal judge, Alvin Hellerstein of U.S. District Court in Manhattan, decided yesterday.

Published by New York Sun on July 8, 2008.

Breaking from past tradition, Mayor Bloomberg and Governor Paterson, along with staff members, will hold monthly meetings to talk about the World Trade Center site, progress on the Moynihan Station project, and the city's plans for a waste transfer station on the West Side, among other topics.

Published by New York Sun on July 8, 2008.

Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Paterson met privately yesterday to talk about delays plaguing the World Trade Center site and other pressing state and city issues.

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

A judge scrapped a lawsuit by families of 9/11 victims who sought to force the city to move tons of World Trade Center debris from the Fresh Kills landfill to a burial site. In a ruling yesterday, Manhattan federal Judge Alvin Hellerstein said, "Not every wrong can be addressed through the judicial process. The grave harm suffered by the plaintiffs in this case is undeniable. But the jurisdiction of a court is limited."

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

The strike has disrupted work at many of the city's biggest construction sites, including the World Trade Center site.

Published by WNBC on July 8, 2008.

Federal and New York City officials are calling on the Bush administration to rehire the World Trade Center health czar who is being let go.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 8, 2008.

Judge Alvin Hellerstein tossed out a lawsuit filed by 17 families who wanted tons of debris that had been recovered from the World Trade Center sifted and moved from the Fresh Kills landfill to a proper resting place.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

A federal judge dismissed a request to sift through tons of debris at the Fresh Kills landfill to search for human remains from the attack on the World Trade Center.

Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

The New York State Toxic Mold Task Force, which first met last December, convened inside an office building in Lower Manhattan Tuesday for a daylong meeting on the problem of mold.

Published by New York Times on July 8, 2008.

The construction delays and cost overruns at ground zero may have constituted fraud or other crimes, according to a former executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, George Marlin, who is seeking a federal investigation into the redevelopment of the site.

Published by New York Sun on July 8, 2008.

The man in charge of the 16-acre site where the World Trade Center was situated did buy himself some time last week, when he delivered an assessment of progress at the site without providing a detailed schedule or budget.

Published by New York Sun on July 7, 2008.

A judge has rejected an effort by some families of terrorism victims who wanted to reclaim World Trade Center residue and create a cemetery on Staten Island for it.

Published by New York Post on July 7, 2008.

The strike has disrupted work at many of the city's biggest construction sites, including the World Trade Center site.

Published by SI Live on July 7, 2008.

A Manhattan judge has rejected a lawsuit by some families who wanted to reclaim World Trade Center residue and create a cemetery on Staten Island for it.

Published by SI Live on July 7, 2008.

David W. Dunlap, a metropolitan reporter for The Times, will be answering readers’ questions this week about the reconstruction of the World Trade Center site and about New York City’s built environment.

Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

A judge has rejected an effort by some families of terrorism victims who wanted to reclaim World Trade Center residue and create a cemetery on Staten Island for it.

Published by New York Sun on July 7, 2008.

A Manhattan judge has rejected a lawsuit by some families who wanted to reclaim World Trade Center residue and create a cemetery on Staten Island for it.

Published by New York Daily News on July 7, 2008.

Part bureaucrat, part politician, part intellectual, Christopher O. Ward will need all of those attributes to put the construction at ground zero on track.

Published by New York Times on July 7, 2008.

A Manhattan judge has rejected a lawsuit by some families who wanted to reclaim World Trade Center residue and create a cemetery on Staten Island for it.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 7, 2008.

Last week, a report was released that candidly outlined the many challenges we face in rebuilding the World Trade Center.

Published by amNY.com on July 7, 2008.

A Manhattan judge has rejected a lawsuit by some families who wanted to reclaim World Trade Center residue and create a cemetery on Staten Island for it.

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

At the World Trade Center site, for example, there have been minor disruptions due to postponed concrete pours at the Freedom Tower, the Sept. 11 memorial and the transportation hub.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 7, 2008.

On Sept. 12, 2001, Pataki said, "we were facing not just devastating human loss. We were facing an economic nightmare. ... We had to give people confidence that lower Manhattan was not going to die and that it was going to come back."

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

Those were either the bold, or impossibly overconfident predictions years ago for what ground zero might look like in 2008, instead of the fenced-off, sunken construction site that sits in the middle of downtown Manhattan nearly seven years after the attack.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

Lower Manhattan is the oldest office district in the country and, with 89 million square feet of space, still one of the largest. Though the market has recovered from Sept. 11, the reconstruction of the skyline is just beginning. » Listen to special audio commentary

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 6, 2008.

The signature skyscraper that replaces the World Trade Center is nearly ready to move in.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

Federal officials say the city has not broken the law by fighting the illness claims of thousands of Ground Zero workers, but they cite a lack of oversight of the millions being drained from a $1 billion insurance fund, The Post has learned.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

Problems? They have a few. Here are seven factors that led the Port Authority last week to scrap its timetable for rebuilding Ground Zero - and that may explain why, by 2011, a decade after 9/11, the site could still be a hole in the ground:

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

After agreeing to build and lease the 1,776-foot Freedom Tower, the authority privately has investigated turning control of it to the private sector.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 6, 2008.

Eliot Spitzer, who succeeded Pataki as governor, didn't make major changes to plans to build office towers, a transit hub, memorial and performing arts center at Ground Zero.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 5, 2008.

The signature skyscraper that replaces the World Trade Center is nearly ready to move in. The memorial to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks is a year away from opening. A skyscraper damaged by the falling towers was taken down years ago.

Published by WNBC on July 5, 2008.

Bielfeld died running into the World Trade Center on 9/11, a day he was supposed to have off.

Published by New York Daily News on July 5, 2008.

New York is usually one tough town, but it's hard to imagine a softer civic touch than the one that greeted the admission last week that Ground Zero is a mess. When, after nearly seven years of false starts and promises, officials finally admitted that everything is hopelessly behind schedule and over budget, New Yorkers' general reaction was to applaud the honesty and turn the channel.

Published by New York Daily News on July 5, 2008.

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 Bush administration let go of its World Trade Center health czar Thursday.The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's director, Julie Gerberding, met Thursday with Dr. John Howard and told him the administration would look for a new director of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

Published by WNBC 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.

Situated at the corner of Greenwich and Warren streets, the supermarket will span 69,000 square feet and include a "shucking station" for oysters and clams and a "Shawarma station" for Mediterranean foods.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Check out Fraunces Tavern, the graves of Alexander Hamilton and General Richard Montgomery, and Federal Hall on Big Onion’s walking tour of sites related to the Revolutionary War in Lower Manhattan. When: Friday at 1 p.m. Admission: Adults $15, Seniors & Students $12. Meet at the intersection of Broadway and Murray Street, at gated entrance to City Hall Park.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

Mr. Raughton, who lives on Market Street in Chinatown, said he had been chronicling New York City street scenes since 2000.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

Also on view at the New York Tattoo Museum will be relics Dozer has been collecting for nearly 30 years, plus signed photographs of hundreds of firefighters who came to the downstairs shop for the "official" commemorative World Trade Center tattoo.

Published by SI Live on July 3, 2008.

Check out Fraunces Tavern, the graves of Alexander Hamilton and General Richard Montgomery, and Federal Hall on Big Onion’s walking tour of sites related to the Revolutionary War in Lower Manhattan. When: Friday at 1 p.m. Admission: Adults $15, Seniors & Students $12. Meet at the intersection of Broadway and Murray Street, at gated entrance to City Hall Park.

Published by New York Times on July 3, 2008.

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

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

A new Whole Foods opened at the corner of Greenwich and Warren streets in Tribeca yesterday. The 69,000-square-foot supermarket, which includes an oyster shucking station and shawarma station, is two blocks from the World Trade Center site, serving the growing population in Lower Manhattan. 

Published by The Real Deal 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.