http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/newyork/ny-bc-ny--cementtruckerstri0710jul10,0,4682033.story
Drivers returning to WTC site, but strike goes on
July 10, 2008
NEW YORK -
A New York City concrete maker says its striking cement truck drivers will go back to work at the World Trade Center site.
A 10-day strike by hundreds of other union drivers continues. But Quadrozzi Concrete Corp. says it worked out a separate agreement Thursday with some members of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 282. The agreement means concrete work will resume Friday at the trade center site and other construction projects handled by Quadrozzi.
Talks are continuing between Local 282 and the Association of New York City Concrete Producers. The union says it has no comment on the separate agreement.
The concrete producers association's phone has been ringing unanswered.
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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2008..._trade_center_shrine_nearly_ready_b.html
World Trade Center shrine nearly ready by 2011, Port Authority says
BY BRIAN KATES and LEO STANDORA
July 10th 2008, 10:56 PM
A Ground Zero Memorial - but not the planned museum - will be in place by the 10th anniversary of the terror attacks, Port Authority chief Christopher Ward vowed Thursday night.
"What we hoped for, dreamed of, will be completed," he told a Community Board 1 meeting attended by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and other officials.
Ward's promise came on the same day relatives of Sept. 11 victims railed at him in a letter over his admission last month that Ground Zero construction is over budget and years behind schedule.
Ward said the letter was "thoughtful" and expressed "the deep emotions of the family members."
He said he now foresees a memorial that includes "a plaza, trees, and most of the design elements" opening by Sept. 11, 2011.
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http://www.nysun.com/new-york/deal-on-church-could-speed-ground-zero-rebuilding/81680/
Deal on Church Could Speed Ground Zero Rebuilding
By PETER KIEFER
July 11, 2008
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is in the final stages of striking a deal for the construction of a Greek Orthodox Church at ground zero, one of the key hurdles that has impeded development at the site.
The executive director of the Port Authority, Christopher Ward, told the local Community Board 1 last night that an agreement with the leaders of St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church for an exchange of land needed to provide the congregation with a new home near ground zero had been reached. The church was destroyed after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center's South Tower collapsed and obliterated the building.
Mr. Ward later clarified his comments to reporters, saying, "We are finalizing an agreement and I would expect it to be done soon."
The inability to strike a deal with the church has impeded the Port Authority from building the 16-acre site's southern foundation wall and finalizing designs for an underground security screening center. Negotiations stalled over the funding for and exact location of the new church.
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