Bloomberg: Move 9/11 terror trial from lower Manhattan
Quick ReadThe city estimates security costs would hit $216 million - mostly in police overtime - in the first year of the still unscheduled trial.
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Sept. 11 terror trials
In the face of increasing public opposition, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Wednesday he would be happy if the federal government moved the trial of five suspects in the September 2001 terror attacks from its intended site in lower Manhattan.
"It would be great if the federal government could find a site that didn't cost a billion dollars, which using downtown [Manhattan] will," Bloomberg told...
