From the NY Post

July 19, 2004 -- Daniel Libeskind is a genius. He says so himself.

And not only that, the shameless self-promoter — who's already making a bundle on his redevelopment plan for Ground Zero — is demanding that he actually be paid just for being, well, a genius.

No kidding.

Libeskind has sued developer Larry Silverstein for $843,753 to which he says he's entitled for his "master plan" for the World Trade Center site.

He calls it a "genius fee."

This shows the power of political connections. Anyone else who tried to pull something this stupid would be laughed out of town.