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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 759071" data-attributes="member: 12952"><p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/half_baked_mosque_8ItuaW0WIByZa5xZ0rCmpJ" target="_blank">(NY Post)</a> — <strong>Not so fast.</strong></p><p> <strong>The developers of the controversial mosque proposed near Ground Zero own only half the site where they want to construct the $100 million building, The Post has learned.</strong></p><p> One of the two buildings on Park Place is owned by Con Edison, even though Soho Properties told officials and the public that it owns the entire parcel. And any potential sale by Con Ed faces a review by the state Public Service Commission.</p><p> <strong>“We never heard anything about Con Ed whatsoever,” said a stunned Julie Menin, the chairwoman of Community Board 1, which passed a May resolution supporting the mosque.</strong></p><p> Daisy Khan, one of the mosque’s organizers, told The Post last week that both buildings on Park Place are needed to house the worship and cultural center. But she claimed ignorance about the Con Ed ownership of 49-51 Park Place and referred questions to Soho Properties, which bought the building at 45-47 Park Place in 2009.</p><p> <strong>Rep. Peter King, who opposes the mosque, said the developers seemed to be “operating under false pretenses.”</strong></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 759071, member: 12952"] [URL="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/half_baked_mosque_8ItuaW0WIByZa5xZ0rCmpJ"](NY Post)[/URL] — [B]Not so fast.[/B] [B]The developers of the controversial mosque proposed near Ground Zero own only half the site where they want to construct the $100 million building, The Post has learned.[/B] One of the two buildings on Park Place is owned by Con Edison, even though Soho Properties told officials and the public that it owns the entire parcel. And any potential sale by Con Ed faces a review by the state Public Service Commission. [B]“We never heard anything about Con Ed whatsoever,” said a stunned Julie Menin, the chairwoman of Community Board 1, which passed a May resolution supporting the mosque.[/B] Daisy Khan, one of the mosque’s organizers, told The Post last week that both buildings on Park Place are needed to house the worship and cultural center. But she claimed ignorance about the Con Ed ownership of 49-51 Park Place and referred questions to Soho Properties, which bought the building at 45-47 Park Place in 2009. [B]Rep. Peter King, who opposes the mosque, said the developers seemed to be “operating under false pretenses.”[/B] [/QUOTE]
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