I have come to the conclusion that the most important thing at this juncture is to resolve things so that all the finger-pointing can stop and the rebuilding can proceed.
With today's agreement, we can now move forward with rebuilding the World Trade Center.
What is so spectacular is the opportunity to come together as we have in the last few days for the purpose of rebuilding the World Trade Center. It's of great significance to me and to all New Yorkers.
This is about moving the rebuilding forward as quickly as possible. All the finger-pointing must stop.
The mayor has frequently urged us to proceed as quickly as possible, ... I believe that New Yorkers want to see rapid rebuilding and not yet another exercise in planning and re-planning.