April 30, 2008 — The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) announced today that another milestone has been reached at 130 Liberty Street and that the final stages of work on the abatement and decontamination have commenced. Since the tragic fire of August 18, 2007, the LMDC has worked closely with federal, state and city agencies to enhance safety conditions for first responders, workers and residents and to make modifications to the plan for abating the building. Read More

March 9, 2008 — The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) was proud to announce the moving of the Vesey Street Stairs (Survivors Stairs). The steps connected the World Trade Center Plaza to Vesey Street. The structure has been dubbed the "survivors stairway" as it was a means of escape for thousands of people on September 11th. Read More

March 7, 2008 — Governor Eliot Spitzer today joined the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), the New York City Department of Small Business Services and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to announce the Lower Manhattan Small Firm Assistance Program. The $5 million program will provide grants to eligible street level businesses adversely affected by redevelopment construction in Lower Manhattan. Read More

February 14, 2008 — Lower Manhattan Development Corporation Chairman Avi Schick today announced three new appointments to the LMDC board. The three new members of the board of the LMDC are Brookfield Chairman John Zuccotti, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert C. Lieber and Chief of Staff to New York City’s Deputy Mayor for Operations, Cas Holloway. Read More

February 7, 2008 — Today, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) announced that it has received approval for the amended plan governing the abatement of 130 Liberty Street. This approved plan will permit LVI Services, Inc., the new subcontractor at 130 Liberty Street, to proceed with the abatement of the building. Read More

January 8, 2008 — The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC) announced today that a subsidiary of LVI Services Inc., the nation’s leader in environmental remediation, will serve as the new subcontractor to complete the abatement and deconstruction of 130 Liberty Street. Read More

December 4, 2007 — Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg today announced the launch of Notify NYC, a pilot program to deliver emergency public information by email, text messages and reverse-911 alerts in four City community districts. Any interested individual can sign up for Notify NYC through www.nyc.gov and receive information about significant emergency events in four pilot communities: Lower Manhattan, the Northeast Bronx, the Rockaways, and Southwest Staten Island. The different technologies tested during the pilot will be evaluated to determine whether they could be deployed citywide. Read More

November 8, 2007 — The Lower Manhattan Development Corporation announced today that it is awarding more than $37 million in Community Enhancement Fund grants to support a variety of community improvements. The grants will fund crucial programs, services and facilities in neighborhoods throughout Lower Manhattan. Read More

October 31, 2007 — The World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment Plan Programmatic Agreement, dated April 22, 2004, among the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (“LMDC”), the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, and the New York State Historic Preservation Office ("Programmatic Agreement") governs the mitigation of any adverse effects of the World Trade Center Memorial and Redevelopment Plan on historic resources. Pursuant to the Programmatic Agreement, on August 22, 2007, LMDC distributed to the consulting parties to the Programmatic Agreement (“Consulting Parties”) a proposed final mitigation plan (“Proposed Final Mitigation Plan”) to minimize adverse effects on the remaining portions of the former stairway and escalator support at Greenwich and Vesey Streets (“Vesey Street Stair Remnant”) identified on Exhibit F of the Programmatic Agreement. Read More

October 16, 2007 — Governor Eliot Spitzer and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced that NCR Corporation, a global technology solutions provider, will lease the 35th floor at 7 World Trade Center where it will locate executive offices, an executive briefing center and will serve as a base of operations for 200 employees. Read More