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NY Gov. Paterson offers alternate land to Ground Zero mosque developers
by Joseph Ernest August 11, 2010
Newscast Media -- Gov. David Patterson, has come up with a way to diffuse the tension that has stemmed from the Ground Zero mosque construction. The New York governor has offered the developers of the mosque a piece of state property on which they can build a mosque, if they agree to move the construction site farther away from the former site where the twin towers once stood.
"Frankly, if the sponsors were looking for property anywhere at a distance that would be such that it would accommodate a better feeling among the people who are frustrated, I would look into trying to provide them with the state property they would need," Paterson said.
Patterson said he is doing this out of sensitivity for the victims and loved ones of the 9/11 attacks, but to also be fair to the developers of the mosque. However, some are wondering how Patterson plans to pay for the piece of state property he is offering the developers who plan to build a $100,000,000 Islamic center. Story continues below...
Details surrounding Paterson’s offer to provide state property remain elusive. Phone calls to his office were not returned Wednesday. The Cordoba Initiative, meanwhile, did not respond to questions over whether it would accept such a proposal.
Jay Sekulow, who heads a group leading the opposition against the mosque's location called the governor's willingness to engage this issue a positive development, on Wednesday.
Sekulow said, "We’re pleased that he realizes the sensitive nature of this issue," said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel for the American Center for Law and Justice, adding that he supports "having other land available to the mosque."
But Sekulow raised questions over how such a deal would be arranged, saying, "he can’t give a religious institution land owned by the state of New York."
"Under no circumstances should the taxpayers of New York have to subsidize this," he said. Add Comments>>
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