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News article on WTC rebuild planning, Oct 2002

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Newspaper excerpt reporting on the selection of a planner to lead the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation's rebuilding efforts.

NYC-WTC_000141744–000141747

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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document a Islanders’ eiats of possible suits over aftermath of WTC collapse tops’$1B so far ANCE SHARE More than 300 Staten ‘Islanders, most 6f them firefighters and po- lice officers, -Have - given notice they may sue.the city over the.af- termath of the World Trade Gen- ter attack, Comptroller William Thompson's office reported yes- terday. . The claims;totaling about:$1.bu-. lion, involve injuries or damage suffered not in the attack-itself, but because of the city’s alleged negligence during-the recovery. and cleanup. Some 1300 New Yorkers hay “fi filed notices of claims —‘the’ step in the lawsuit process — for . a total of $7.18 billion, Thompson said. Of that number, spokesman Scott. Taffet said, some 325 are Staten tslanders, inclading 301 ‘te in firefighters and caps. NYC-WTC_000141746 Of eapiin notices pf sist, ere: ee officers and fers,-with ‘the zest from civliais, Tatiet sdid. . ; ’ He said that not all the-claims were filed within the 90-day lim- it pales bylaw, and some were 3 i | daims' top $7B night on how many ‘had ‘been dis- allowed at this poifft. Most of those threatening to take the city to court.are fire- fighters who ¢laim the city-gave them inadequate respiratory pro- tection to work inthe smoldering rubble.

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