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Unions Rally for End to WTC Delays

NEW YORK CITY-Construction union members and political leaders alike called on the Port Authority and Silverstein Properties to resolve their differences and 'build it now.'

By Paul Bubny | Updated on March 09, 2010

NEW YORK CITY-”Build it now” was the refrain as hundreds of construction union members lined the plaza outside 7 World Trade Center Tuesday afternoon. About a dozen industry and political leaders sounded the same refrain: demanding that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and Silverstein Properties Inc. negotiate an end to the stalemate over financing of SPI’s planned towers at Ground Zero.

Under the terms of a January ruling by an arbitration panel, the two sides have until Thursday to either reach an agreement or face the prospect of the panel coming up with its own solution.

Saying that there’s “a moral imperative” to step up work on the project eight-and-a-half years after the 9/11 attacks, Rep. Carolyn Maloney told the audience, “For too long, Ground Zero has been exhibit A for those who say you can no longer build big in New York. We need to prove them wrong.”

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