Many bodies were found Monday under a collapsed stairwell, said Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
In the past, he has admitted mistakes in not checking Kerik's background more closely.
Nearly two years after leaving Giuliani Partners, Bernie Kerik is still embarrassing his old boss.
President Bush in 2004 nominated Kerik to head up the Department of Homeland Security.
FORBES: As a businessman, he's been mixing with a sketchier crowd.
Kerik joined Giuliani Partners in 2002 and headed the security unit, then known as Giuliani-Kerik.
FORBES: As a businessman, he's been mixing with a sketchier crowd.
Amazingly, Mr Kerik was twice cleared for high office by New York City's Department of Investigation.
It will be small comfort that Mr Kerik's nomination also had Hillary Clinton's nod.
"Bernard Kerik knows firsthand the challenges and needs of New York and other high-threat areas, " Sen.
One former executive, onetime NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik, has been a conspicuous embarrassment.
FORBES: As a businessman, he's been mixing with a sketchier crowd.
Kerik, 49, led the New York City Police Department through the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath.
Kerik withdrew his name on the pretext of having once hired a nanny who may have been an undocumented alien.
FORBES: As a businessman, he's been mixing with a sketchier crowd.
He and then-Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik had just stepped onto the city streets after one of the towers fell, Giuliani said.
The official line was that Mr Kerik's no-excuses attitude seemed a perfect fit for the unwieldy 180, 000-person agency for homeland security.
The controversy over his nomination is more damaging than in the case of former New York City police chief Bernard Kerik.
Kerik, 49, also led the New York City Police Department through the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and their aftermath.
"That Tuesday was his first or second day on the job, " Kerik said Friday in an interview with CNN's Larry King Live.
"I am deeply humbled and honored for the opportunity to serve you and this great country, " Kerik said in accepting the nomination.
An administration official said New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani made personal pitches to the White House at least twice on Kerik's behalf.
In August 2000, former Commissioner Bernard Kerik appointed him chief of department.
President Bush and his aides also were embarrassed after nominating former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik to be the homeland security secretary.
Friday morning, Bush nominated Bernard Kerik to lead the Department of Homeland Security, his latest move to restock his Cabinet for the second term.
The stolen material was taken to two locations in New Jersey and one in Long Island, and Kerik said police have not established a motive.
New York's two senators, both Democrats, expressed support for Kerik's nomination.
Even before these revelations, Mr Kerik was a self-confessed rough diamond.
O'Neill had recently retired from the FBI and had just taken over security for the World Trade Center, said New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik.
Meanwhile, New York Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik said the Organized Crime Control Bureau and the Trade Waste Commission are investigating the theft of debris from the disaster site.
The contretemps involves former Westchester County district attorney Jeanine Pirro, recorded by the police talking with Kerik last year about bugging her husband's boat to expose an affair.
FORBES: As a businessman, he's been mixing with a sketchier crowd.
New York's two senators, both Democrats, expressed support for Kerik.
Mr Kerik was President Bush's first pick for homeland security secretary but he withdrew last December after uncovering tax and immigration problems relating to his employment of a nanny.
The contretemps involves former Westchester County (New York) district attorney Jeanine Pirro, recorded by the police talking with Kerik last year about bugging her husband's boat to expose an affair.
FORBES: As a businessman, he's been mixing with a sketchier crowd.
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