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Mayor Michael Bloomberg dismissed gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino, who's been critical of mosque plan.

Sarah Palin's Facebook post criticized the mosque and community center planned near Ground Zero.

Sarah Palin, responding to the mayor on Facebook, said the Ground Zero issue was a matter of 'common moral sense.'

The developer of the proposed Ground Zero mosque blames the media for rousing opposition to the project.

Sarah Palin urged New Yorkers to "refudiate" the Ground Zero mosque on Sunday.

The Ground Zero mosque and community center has changed its name to Park51.

A Christian Evangelical Center will begin holding weekly services in Battery Park City this fall.

The city Landmarks Preservation Commission won't decide the historic building's future until next month.

Bloomberg was responding to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio's call for scrutiny of the $100 million project.

The commission will hear testimony on Tuesday but will not vote until later this summer.

Plans for a Ground Zero mosque were given a boost when Community Board 1 ruled it wasn't worth landmarking the building.

Lazio criticized his gubernatorial opponent, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, for supporting the planned mosque.

Manhattanites support a proposed Ground Zero mosque, but the outer boroughs oppose it, according to a poll.

The Financial District Committee will decide whether to reopen the issue at a meeting next week.

The turnout will likely be much larger when a city agency holds a hearing on the mosque plans July 13.