NEW YORK, NY April 09, 2007 —The re-development of ground zero and dozens of other nearby construction sites have had a negative impact on the quality of life according to residents of lower Manhattan. WNYC's Bob Hennelly has more.

REPORTER: These days with congestion downtown it's hard to believe that in the aftermath of September 11th, the government offered thousands of dollars to lure people to come and live in lower Manhattan. Now, it’s one of the fastest growing residential neighborhoods in the city, while hosting dozens of huge construction projects with a collective din that is deafening. Patricia Moore is a Community Board 1 member. She lives across from the Deutsche Bank building which is being deconstructed to make way for yet another office tower.

MOORE: The subway stations are packed as they are. We don't have enough grocery stores. Our schools are over crowded and they keep on enticing people to come down without all the amenities we need to have a decent quality of life.

REPORTER: Locals concerned about accountability were anxious when they heard at the end of Governor Pataki's administration that the lower Manhattan Development Corporation was closing up shop. Now, a spokesman for the Spitzer administration has said the coordinating body will be around though the end of the current governor's term. For WNYC I’m Bob Hennelly.