Families of 11 September victims will be allowed access to the World Trade Centre site during the upcoming sixth anniversary commemoration of the 2001 attacks.
All five previous anniversary events have taken place inside the giant pit where the Twin Towers were destroyed, but because construction on the replacement towers has begun the city had ruled the site unsafe for a ceremony this year.
However, Mayor Michael Bloomberg relented yesterday after meeting family members.
He has agreed to allow them to descend into the site on a limited basis during the ceremony, most of which will take place in a neighbouring park.
The site, which was largely vacant in past years, is now a massive construction site. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey owns the land where four skyscrapers and a memorial are being built.
