Some 9/11 families accuse NY, NJ govs of betrayal

By Samantha Gross

Associated Press

Published: Wednesday, June 27 2012 4:50 p.m. MDT

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FILE - In this file photo of Aug. 10, 2010, Alice Greenwald, right, director of the National September 11 Museum, talks with reporters during a tour of the construction site at the World Trade Center, in New York. A group of 9/11 family members on Wednesday, June 27, 2012 accused the governors of New York and New Jersey of betraying the people killed in the 2001 terrorist attacks, urging them to resolve a financial disagreement that has hobbled construction of the ground zero museum meant to memorialize those lost.

Mark Lennihan, file, Associated Press

Summary

Some 9/11 families upset over the delay in completing the Sept. 11 museum are accusing the governors of New York and New Jersey of betraying the terrorist attack victims.

NEW YORK — Some 9/11 families upset over the delay in completing the Sept. 11 museum are accusing the governors of New York and New Jersey of betraying the terrorist attack victims.

More than 200 family members signed a letter sent Wednesday to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Gov. Chris Christie.

It calls on them to resolve a financial dispute that has delayed construction of the museum at the World Trade Center site.

The letter accuses the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey of trying to milk the public's financial support of the memorial and museum "to offset its own ... fiscal mismanagement."

Port Authority spokeswoman Lisa MacSpadden says completing the museum and giving the families a place to remember their loved ones is of "utmost importance" to the agency.

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