Community Board Objects to 9/11 Terror Trial- Community Board 1, which encompasses parts of Lower Manhattan, wants the Justice Department to move the Sept. 11 trials out of the borough. The board held a public meeting Tuesday evening.

Speaker after speaker at the hearing blasted the federal government, saying they fear the terrorism trials will turn Lower Manhattan into an armed camp, bordered with metal barriers and with bans on cars and even pedestrians.

Associated Press- New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg says the security during the trial for suspect in the Sept. 11 attacks will cost hundreds of millions of dollars in the first year alone. (Jan. 7)

Associated Press- A new security plan to prosecute several Sept. 11th terror attack suspects is going to cost more than the original estimate. NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly says the security costs will exceed the $75 million estimate. (Dec. 30)