[conservative in nyc]

Actually, the WTC was owned by the NY Port Authority and leased to a private group and that lease was entered into until early in 2001. The Port Authority police still had jurisdiction. City officials have ALWAYS had a role in emergency planning for major sites both public and private.

The correct full name of the authority that owns the WTC site is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NOT the NY Port Authority. It is an independent bi-state agency run by a board that is essentially appointed by the governors of each state (6 for each governor, in each case, after approval by the relevant State Senate).

The mayor of New York City has absolutely no say as to how the Port Authority is run. This becomes an issue from time to time because the Port Authority owns LaGuardia and Kennedy Airports, and has been accused of using revenues from it to subsidize PATH train riders from New Jersey.

I have no idea what agency was responsible for WTC emergency planning, but the Port Authority is generally a sovereign bi-state agency that is exempt from most city laws. The World Trade Center wasn't subject to New York City'sbuilding or fire codes, for example.

[calcowgirl]

The correct full name of the authority that owns the WTC site is the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, NOT the NY Port Authority

I believe I said exactly that in my post #15312, correcting IrishRainy who contended that the building was privately owned.

The mayor of New York City has absolutely no say as to how the Port Authority is run.

True. But in this instance, the Port Authority was simply the landlord.

I have no idea what agency was responsible for WTC emergency planning...

That would be NY City officials--NYPD, NYFD and the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management. There was an article published just the other day and posted at FR:

What Giuliani likes to remember about 9-11—and what he actually did (or didn't do)

The 9/11 Commission has also made a wealth of information available:

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States