Lower Manhattan Development Corporation makes changes

On Monday, April 16^th, Governor Eliot Spitzer announced the appointment of a new chairman and president for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC). Avi Schick, the current president and chief operating officer of the Empire State Development Corporation, will serve as LMDC board chairman. David Emil, a New York businessman who owns and operates several local businesses, including the former Windows of the World restaurant atop the World Trade Center, will take over as president of the rebuilding agency.

In a release announcing the appointments, Spitzer assured New Yorkers that Schick and Emil will provide "new leadership and a new direction" that will result in "a reinvigorated LMDC [and] help revitalize an area that is important as an economic hub to New York and as a symbol of our freedom and resilience to all Americans."