in november 2001, governor pataki started the lower manhattan development corporation (lmdc) to oversee the rebuilding of the world trade center. the lmdc leads federal help in the rebuilding, and works with the port authority of new york and new jersey, larry silverstein, and studio daniel libeskind. it also communicates with the local community, businesses, the city of new york, and the families of the people who were killed in the september 11 attacks.