Politics on the Hudson

  Gov. David Paterson today pledged “no more phony deadlines’’ about when Ground Zero may be rebuilt, and gave the head of the Port Authority another 90 days to come up with a workable schedule.

“It’s not possible to give any dates and timetables at this time,’’ Paterson said at a Manhattan news conference of the oft-delayed project to redevelop the former World Trade  Center site that was destroyed by terrorists on Sept. 11, 2001.

He said a report prepared by Port Authority Executive Director Christopher Ward found that 19 separate agencies are involved in the process, with no one organization in charge. He also said there are  “15 unanswered questions’’ that have to be addressed before the projects can move forward.

Paterson declined to assign blame for the long delay, but promised to be more open about the projects’ prospects from now on.

“In the future we will be as transparent and as honest as possible,’’ he said.