NYPD Raises Freedom Tower Safety Concerns

NEW YORK CITY-The timeline for the redevelopment of the World Trade Center site is expected to be set back by a few months due to safety and security concerns raised by the New York Police Department. A spokesman for World Trade Center developer Larry A. Silverstein says the firm is addressing these new questions. Specifics of the questions were not released to the public.

“Safety and security are of the utmost importance to the Silverstein organization. We have worked for the more than a year to design the Freedom Tower in accordance with the Port Authority’s extremely rigorous safety standards, which far exceed all applicable building codes,” the Silverstein statement continued. A statement from the governor’s office offered similar sentiments. “Everyone involved remains committed to achieving a spectacularly rebuilt World Trade Center that will serve as the spiritual and economic heart of a revitalized Lower Manhattan,” Silverstein’s spokesman concludes.Silverstein recently filed an application for additional Liberty Bond funds for the WTC rebuilding effort.