WTC environmental group rally notification, Dec 2001

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'Avaltroni7R6bert From: Bennett, Paul Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 10:21 AM To: Chapin, Diana 001; Sturcken, Charles (ex); Ryan, Geoff 001; Avaltroni, Robert Subject: FYI - WTC Emergency Environmental Group rally, Dec. 18th at 5:30 at City Hall

The following was provided to Kelly McKinney, Assnt. Comm. DOH. who, in turn, forwarded it to me as an FYI

Paul.

From: [email protected] on behalf of Esther K Smith [[email protected] ] Sent: Thursday, December 13, 2001 11:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ps234] FW: Rally downtown just back from that meeting— the crux of it was to organize people to attend the rally Tuesday Dec 18 5:30 pm-

Art Spiegleman (best known for MAUS, Raw magazine, the black on black 9/11 New Yorker cover) is a stuy parent and has designed a flyer for the rally-we were all given prints of it to xerox and distribute-- they are hoping for children with dust masks and gas masks and hand-made signs as well as people from the neighborhood, businesses, etc to attend-

people attending the meeting were mostly stuy parents with a few from ps/is 89 (who have been promised a hepa filter vent system for the school before they return) and one parent from ps 150- they are being forced back into their school Jan 7(?)

A rep from Manhattan Boro President's office attended- Rick Mullen- he confirmed that OEM is not responding to any of the politicians (nadler, fried, silver, duane, glick, etc)

someone reported that the big corporations are coming back to downtown offices in january-

there was discussion about doing this now when there is a lame duck administration, but since schools are being forced back now, it can't wait- and hopes are that this rally will encourage our new mayor and his administration to be responsive to neighborhood environmental/ school/ children/ health issues.

they need a sound truck for the rally, any sound truck sources??

the eleven demands are listed at the bottom of this message-

There will be a meeting this Thursday, December 13 at 9:00 am located at the Hallmark residences, 455 North End Avenue, across the street from Stuyvesant High School with the chairs and PTA members of the other schools to begin to discuss an action plan regarding the truck routes and the location of the barge. Unfortunately, I can not make it this time and would like someone to volunteer to go from our committee. It can be more than one person. We do

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