NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
GATEWAY TENANT ALERT-POTENTIAL CARCINOGENS
(Gateway Plaza Apartments -200 units- 355 South End Avenue - NYC 10280)
THE DUST AND AIRBORNE PARTICLES BEING GENERATED BY THE EXTENSIVE
GRINDING, DRILLING AND CHIPPING ON THE FACADE OF OUR BUILDING IS
SEEPING INTO OUR APARTMENTS. GATEWAY MANAGEMENT HAS STATED IN
WRITING THAT THIS WILL CONTINUE FOR OVER A YEAR.
THIS DUST MAY CONTAIN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS. OUR BUILDING WAS
COVERED IN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS DUST/PARTICULATE MATTER AFTER
9/11 AND MUCH OF THIS PENETRATED INTO THE BUILDING VENTILATION
SYSTEM. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THIS POISONOUS RESIDE WAS ALSO
ABSORBED BY THE MATERIALS COMPRISING THE EXTERNAL BUILDING
FACADE. IT IS NOT KNOWN IF OTHER NOW PROHIBITED HAZARDOUS
MATERIALS, SUCH AS ASBESTOS, LEGAL WHEN THE BUILDING WAS
CONSTRUCTED NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO ARE INVOLVED AS WELL. THE
CURRENT CONSTRUCTION WORK IS RELEASING ALL THIS HAZARDOUS
RESIDUE INTO THE ATMOSPHERE AND INTO OUR APARTMENTS.
THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AND THE NYC
DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION NEED TO COLLECT AND
ANALYZE AIR SAMPLES BOTH OUTSIDE AND IN OUR APARTMENTS TO
DETERMINE THE EXTENT OF THE HEALTH RISK TO US SINCE ACCORDING TO
GATEWAY MANAGEMENT WE WILL BE BREATHING THIS DUST IN OUR
APARTMENTS FOR OVER A YEAR.
TENANTS HAVE A RIGHT TO KNOW THE HEALTH RISKS OF THIS
CONSTRUCTION GENERATED DUST AND PARTICULATE MATTER.
THIS WILL ONLY HAPPEN IF YOU TAKE ACTION NOW BEFORE IT IS TOO
LATE. CALL THE US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY AT
(212)637-S000(OR 637-3660) AND THE NYC DEPARTMENT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AT (212) 639-967S (or call 311), FILE
AIR QUALITY COMPLAINTS AND REQUEST COPIES OF THE
GOVERNMENT AGENCY AIR QUALITY TESTING RESULTS LATER WHEN
COMPLETED.
THE GENERATION OF YET MORE POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS DUST
SHOULD CEASE UNTIL TENANTS ARE ASSURED BY THE
ENVIRONMENTAL OFFICIALS THAT THERE IS NO HEALTH HAZARD
ARISING FROM EITHER THE AIRBORNE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL
PARTICLES OR FROM BREATHING CONSIDERABLE AMOUNTS OF
CONCRETE DUST FOR THE ONE YEAR PERIOD SCHEDULED BY
GATEWAY MANAGEMENT.
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