“It could cost $1 billion. It's absolutely crazy,” said Julie Menin, chairwoman of Community Board 1 in Lower Manhattan. Nicole Bengiveno/The New York TimesU.S. Drops Plan For A 9/11 Trial In New York City -- New York Times
The Obama administration on Friday gave up on its plan to try the Sept. 11 plotters in Lower Manhattan, bowing to almost unanimous pressure from New York officials and business leaders to move the terrorism trial elsewhere.
“I think I can acknowledge the obvious,” an administration official said. “We’re considering other options.”
The reversal on whether to try the alleged 9/11 terrorists blocks from the former World Trade Center site seemed to come suddenly this week, after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg abandoned his strong support for the plan and said the cost and disruption would be too great.
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More News On Not Having A 9/11 Trial In New York City
Trial of alleged Sept. 11 conspirators won't be held in Lower Manhattan -- Washington Post
Trial for 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed won't happen in New York City, says official -- New York Daily News
W.H. drops plan for NYC terror trials -- Politico
9/11 trial won't take place in New York -- Globe And Mail
U.S. government weighs other sites for 9/11 trial -- Reuters
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