WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Port Authority does not need to pay for the costs of the environmental cleanup for an apartment unit close to the World Trade Center. The decision was declared today by U.S Supreme Court as they refused the submitted appeal of the developers of the said unit.
The apartment unit was polluted with asbestos from the collapse of the Twin Towers. In 2018, Cedar & Washington Associates, the developers, filed case against Port Authority and the others, seeking the cost of cleaning up asbestos, fiberglass and other particles during a renovation of the 12-story building in lower Manhattan.
The other defendants of the case includes the United and American Airlines, the owner of the planes that were hijacked and crashed into the twin tower during the 9/11 bombing, and also lease holder of World Trade Center, Larry Silverstein.
A federal court in New York concluded that the attacks happened were an act of terrorism and the defendants involved in the case does not to pay or not liable under the 1980 Pollution Law of the State last May.
Source: NJ Advance Media
