Tag: 9/11

Pace’s Manhattan campus plays a role in the Ground Zero mosque initiative

Nearly 140 media representatives swarmed to Pace for the vote of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission that refused to landmark a building proposed for an Islamic study center, thereby blocking it.

Nearly 140 media representatives  swarmed to Pace for the vote of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission that refused to landmark a building proposed for an Islamic study center, thereby blocking it.

The Commission voted 9-0 to give a green light the construction of a multipurpose Islamic community center in Lower Manhattan, two blocks from the site of the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Check out the details in the articles below.

http://www.tradingmarkets.com/news/stock-alert/zzhui_-ground-zero-mosque-in-new-york-city-clears-hurdle-1085214.html

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2010/08/ground-zero-mosque-is-a-go.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703545604575407131182033768.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

http://www.observer.com/2010/real-estate/landmarks-vote-potential-mosque-site-tuesday

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gieR_gNwrCUCH2jR03xjTCoEp4qgD9HC6NT01

Pace Professor Quoted in Associated Press Article About Post 9/11 Checkpoints

The Associated Press quoted Pace’s Joseph Ryan in an article titled “NY-ers Still Living Behind Post 9/11 Checkpoints,” by Eva Dou.

Pace professor Joseph Ryan was quoted in an Associated Press article titled “NY-ers Still Living Behind Post 9/11 Checkpoints,” by Eva Dou.

It was picked up by nearly 200 publications including Yahoo.com, NBC, Fox, News Channel 10 and Huffington Post.  The article is about the security measures and checkpoints that were created after 9/11 and are still enforced today. It also details how some citizens feel these security measures restrict their daily lives.
Professor Ryan was quoted as below:

“I don’t want us to lose a way of life that we’ve had, but sometimes we have to consider security, too,” said Pace University Professor Joe Ryan, whose daily commute has been rerouted because of a road closure over the Kensico Dam in Valhalla.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100707/ap_on_re_us/us_living_behind_barricades