Editing World Trade Center site (section)

====Lower Manhattan Development Corporation====
Governor Pataki established the [[Lower Manhattan Development Corporation]] (LMDC) in November 2001, as an official commission to oversee the rebuilding process.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pérez-Peña |first=Richard |title=A Nation Challenged: Downtown; State Plans Rebuilding Agency, Perhaps Led by Giuliani |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 3, 2001 |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEFD81639F930A35752C1A9679C8B63 |access-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref> The LMDC coordinates [[Federal government of the United States|federal]] assistance in the rebuilding process, and works with the PANYNJ, Larry Silverstein, and [[Studio Daniel Libeskind]], the master plan architect for the site's redesign. The corporation also handles communication with the local community, businesses, the city of New York, and relatives of victims of the September 11 attacks.<ref>{{cite news |title=A Corporation to Rebuild Ground Zero |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/04/opinion/a-corporation-to-rebuild-ground-zero.html |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 4, 2001 |access-date=July 31, 2010}}</ref> A 16-member board of directors, half appointed by the governor and half by the mayor of New York, governs the LMDC.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Governor and Mayor Name Lower Manhattan Redevelopment Corporation |publisher=www.RenewNYC.org |date=November 29, 2001 |url=http://www.renewnyc.com/displaynews.aspx?newsid=2b0bfde6-61b6-48f9-a6ca-70475846c95b |access-date=June 16, 2008}}</ref>

The LMDC had questionable legal status regarding the restoration of the World Trade Center site, because the Port Authority owns most of the property and Larry Silverstein leased the World Trade Center's office space in July 2001. But the LMDC, in an April 2002 articulation of its principles for action, asserted its role in revitalizing lower Manhattan.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Announces Principles for Development and Blueprint for Renewal for World Trade Center Site |publisher=www.RenewNYC.org |date=April 9, 2002 |url=http://www.renewnyc.com/displaynews.aspx?newsid=112d53af-0d20-44ec-89d7-23f397b5a569 |access-date=June 16, 2008}}</ref>