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A former member of the Lower Manhattan Development Corp. — which has a glut of staffers — slammed the agency yesterday for hoarding funds and demanded that it be dissolved.

Julie Menin, who sat on the LMDC when she was chairwoman of Community Board 1, said the $450 million in unused federal funds should be immediately allocated to redevelop and create jobs in lower Manhattan.

“There is no reason why 11 years after 9/11, this sum of money should remain unspent,” Menin wrote in a letter to LMDC Chairman Avi Schick yesterday.

Menin, a likely candidate for Manhattan borough president, also reiterated her call for the LMDC to close its doors, claiming its operating costs are too high.

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