DEP Biweekly Reports Folder 0049, 2000-2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Customer Service

Complaint to Mayor's Radio Program concerning loud music from the A complaint was called into the Mayor's Program on Friday, 12/15, made on Saturday/Sunday Austin Steak Ale House in Kew Gardens, Queens. An inspection was hearing date is 1/30/01. 12/16-17, and violation was issued for audible music on the street. The a

The violation was issued to 82-60 Austin Street Corporation.

Complaint to Mayor's Radio Program called the Mayor's radio show and On Friday, December 15, Rose Huttel (144-06 76 Rd. Flushing) $145.89, and her two previous bills said that her water bill was too high. Her recent bill was for appointment was set for Wednesday, were $94.70 and $94.28. She was called on Monday and an she needed to have them December 20th. Our inspector found two leaking toilets and explained that an inspection in response to fixed. As an aside, we found leaking toilets here on 4/30/1999 during thereafter. an earlier billing inquiry, and her bills went down immediately

Press Issues article about the Multiple Family On Friday, December 15, the New York Times published an hearing last April. The Conservation Rate which was previously announced at the Water Board rate reversal by the Water Board, on article created the impression that the policy was a significant conservation benetits o metenng make significant investments m water conservation. It achieves the buildings with a particularly large while helping some properties manage the costs of running Sunday, in Jay Romano's "Your number of residents per apartment. A second article is expected this appears that the article is intended Home" column in the Real Estate section. He called DEP and it and point out to them that they need to give property owners information about the new program, costs if they invest in conservation to study their billing options: some properties will have lower new transition program. and then elect to be billed on metered consumption, rather than the

Interagency Matters

Outbreak Detection System Evaluation Study progress being made on the joint On December 13, 2000, a meeting was held to discuss aimed at o NYCDEP/NYCDOH Outbreak Detection System Evaluation Study. This is a study detection programs. The work analyzing and improving our current as om es ma illness outbreak Academy of Medicine. A number of is being conducted under contract with the New York as well as the mathematical approaches related to the analysis of existing systems were discussed, Roadblocks to development of new systems that would greatly enhance our detection capabilities.

-5-

NYC-WTC 000137956