DEP organizational chart for 9/11 emergency response, Sept 2001

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

AFTER THE ATTACK; Saving for Normalcy

T^E OVERVIEW

€ity to Create Commission To Oversee Reconstruction ; By RICHARD PEREZ-PENA !The mayor said he took inspiration Consolidated Edison, with 1,900 New York City will form a recon­ from “Five Days in London,’’ a book workers downtown, has laid more struction commission with extraor- about the Battle of Britain. “Civiliza­ than 20 miles of temporary cable and diiary powers to lead the recovery tions have been attacked, democra­ installed emergency generators. But from the terrorist destruction of the cies have been attacked and they’ve by last night, 7,927 customers were World Trade Center, officials said had the strength and the will and the still without power, though some will yfcterday, as the city prepared for courage to deal with it,’’ he said. be able to rely on their own backup tcfaay’s return of business and gov- 'While plans for the commission generators. Verizon said it could not eniment to Lower Manhattan. rdmain loose, city officials clearly say how many customers were still sWork crews continued to pull tons inltend for it to be a major vehicle for without telephone service. o^mangled metal and crumbled con­ recovering from the losses inflicted The city is braced for what could crete, along with human remains, Oli Tuesday, when hijackers plunged be a rocky return to business south of fit»m the smoking ruins of the trade fiiel-laden jetliners into the trade Canal Street and east of Broadway. c&ter. But for the fourth straight center’s 110-story towers. The area west of Broadway remains day, no victims were found alive. The I Mr. Giuliani will lead the commis­ closed to all but emergency workers. c^’s official tally of bodies reached sion at first, but it is unclear if he will Yesterday, police officers 1®, with 4,957 people missing and continue after leaving office on Dec. searched cars headed into Manhat­ ebred dead. 31. Peter F. Vallone, the City Council tan through the Lincoln Tunnel, caus­ fTradlng on financial markets is speaker and a candidate for mayor, ing an enormous backup. Officials of expected to resume today, accompa­ the Port Authority of New York and ny by . thousands of people retum- would not rule that out. The Council will amend the City New Jersey would not say whether infe to Lower Manhattan offices for Charter to give the commission ex­ that would continue today. tire first time in six days. traordinary powers to redo and re­ The city is opening a new center ^ity officials pleaded with people build and to do whatever s neces- today for victims’ families on Pier nijt to drive into Manhattan. Despite sarv ’’ Mr. Vallone said. He said the 94, on West 54th Street, to replace the the resumption of much of the mass mayor and the Council would appoint much smaller armory at Lexington transit service in the financial dis­ the commission’s members. Avenue and 26th Street. trict, movement will still be ham- The commission will probab j Government will return today to p^ed by a ban on cars south of Canal have the authority to speed demoli­ City Hall and other municipal offices ' siret, and the temporary loss of use tion and building permits and poss - downtown. Courts will also reopen, o^ some subway lines, bus routes, bly to condemn property for redevel­ but jurors who were not contacted in PATH trains, bridges and tunnels. opment, city officials said. Officials the last few days and told to appear Tfie city today will introduce ferry conceded that state legislation would are asked to stay away. s^ice from Brooklyn to the Bat­ be required to give the commission Mr. Giuliani framed the return as tery, a throwback to the commute of Sy toancial muscle - for inst^ce a symbol of the city’s resilience un­ the 19th century. the ability to seU bonds or to spend der assault. “We’re going to go back ,Gov. George E. Pataki said yester- some of the bUlions of dollars ui to City Hall tomorrow and have the day that he had called a special regular staff meeting at 8 o’clock in session of the State Legislature to the morning,’’ he said. “I miss those convene today to consider anti-ter- cials and engineers express^ con­ staff meetings.’’ rdrism measures and enhanced pen­ cern that the deepest founi^ons of alties for falsely reporting a bomb. the trade center may have bee" bad­ The anti-terrorism package would ly damaged, particularly staining apiend the death penalty statute to walls that hold back the waters of *e include anyone convicted of an act of Hudson River. The walls are leakmg terrorism that caused a death. they said, creating tbe possibility of 'The Long Island Rail Road police eround shifts that could undermine yesterday arrested a 40-year-old buildings and heavy machuiery than, Vincent Maxey, accusing him Federal officials voiced frustra­ of making a false bomb threat. Oth­ tion yesterday as they watchM ers who were arrested were suspect­ dreds of workers, amid choking ed of stealing supplies donated for clouds of dust, with filter masks and rescue workers, trespassing in re­ respirators hanging around the r stricted areas and selling flags under necks, rather than covering their the pretense of raising money for faces. “We’re starting to get report victims’ families. of throat irritation and other prol> ■Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani repeat­ lems,’’ said Tina Kreisher, an Envb edly asked people to return, as much ronmental Protection Agency as possible, to their routines, calling spokeswoman. that the best way to deprive the attackers of victory. “The life of the city goes on.’’ he said

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