Downtown Construction Coordinator Chosen

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Charles J. Maikish, a former Port Authority official who was responsible for rebuilding the World Trade Center after the 1993 terrorist attack, was named yesterday to oversee rebuilding throughout downtown.

He is to be the first executive director of the Lower Manhattan Construction Command Center, created three months ago by Gov. George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg to bring some order to the building, demolition and roadwork in one of the city's densest and most constricted quarters.

He'll have his work cut out for him, as he's going to have to oversee numerous federal, state, and local agencies and public authorities, not to mention private developers manage the construction and development of downtown Manhattan. This includes facilitating the infrastructure development and improvements, coordinating when construction projects operate, and how to minimize disruptions to existing businesses.