The Real Deal New York

Bloomberg’s WTC fundraising dilemma

November 29, 2006 12:00AM

As the new head of the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation, Mayor Bloomberg must find fresh donors in order to raise the $200 million needed to build the memorial as currently designed. The big question: how will he handle cash offers from Saudi Arabia? Bloomberg has said approaching some countries for donations would be “inappropriate,” but declined to name names, fearing that he would spark “an international incident.” more [NYP]

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