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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document I

FROM HERRICK, FEINSTEINLLP (TUE)10. 16'01 9:41/ST. 9:40/NO.4260647679 P 2

HERRICK,FEINSTEIN LLP Two Park Avenue New York, New York 10016 Telephone #: (212) 592-1400 Pax #: (212) 889-7577

MEMORANDUM

VIA FEDERAL EXPRESS

TO: Robert M. Harding FROM: Carl F. Schwartz CC: Michael G. Carey DATE: October 15, 2001 RE: Proposal to Deal with the Crisis in the Downtown Manhattan Residential Sector Caused by the Events of September 11th

'\s a direct result of the events of September 11th, a crisis has been created in the residential

sector at Downtown Manhattan.

substantial number of residents of Downtown Manhattan have abandoned or are

contemplating abandoning the area. To cause residents to remain or return and to cause others :u

take tf:; place of those who leave will require, in the short term, an active program of incentives a,:.d

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i7rcre are certain environmental conditions that make it very difficult for residents to rcmai:..

and the ze conditions must be remedied immediately, so that basic living standards are re-established,

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Clean Air. There is still an acrid smell in the area. We are informed that the sme-

is due n part to the semi-controlled burn that is still occurring at Ground Zero and that will be

extirtc. fished over the coming four- to six-week period. Although according to the environmenlr:i

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