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REAL ESTATE BOARD OF NEW YORK
October 3, 2001 Simi,sp„r,a
P:esicent
Mr. Richard Sheirer
Director
Mayor's Office of Emergency Management
21 South End Avenue
New York, NY 10280
Dear Richard,
Thank you for your efforts to deal with our Issues concerning Battery Park City.
We appreciate all that you have done and the progress that has been made to
date. As much as possible, we have to try to convince the residents that things
have returned to normal.
In that regard, a number of critical issues remain:
1) Access
We don't understand why there is a continued need for numerous
checkpoints throughout Battery Park City. We applaud your decisions to
open up lower Manhattan East of Broadway and ask that you do the same for
Battery Park City.
(a) Open up Esplanade.
This will permit residents to travel north and south within Battery Park City.
(b) Unlimited Pedestrian Access
Permit visitors and deliveries total access without going through any
checkpoints.
(c) Vehicle Access
Permit cabs, black car services and permit residents to bring their cars in
and out of Battery Park City.
2) Air Quality
Although all tests by Battery Park City, the City and the owners are negative.
DEP and Department of Health flyers and staff have given the perception of
danger and have given conflicting directions on how to handle the situation.
We need to clarify the procedures and change the message.
3) Procedures for Contractors
The procedures continues to change and are overly complex, It we satisfy
the access issue, this problem goes away.
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