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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document Fax:212-361-1724 Apr 10 2003 02:39 P.04 DEP ECB

At 66 John St, (

Bomb Scare Stirs Fire Safety Fears / By DEIDRE MoFADYEN ’ . When a bomb scare prccip- itated the evacuation of b6 John St, in lower. Manhattan on Feb. 21, workers from the Department of Consumer Af- fairs a^udication division on the 11 tn floor descended the 3 stairs with others from that end of the building. The first workers to reach the bottom, however, could not open the emergency exit . door to the street, Afraid of being crushed, thejr yelled to the people streaming down the stairs above them tO freeze. .’Thank goodness they stopped ' said one Adminis­ '\ trative Law Judge .who wit­ nessed the incident. 6LORXA JOHNSON: ‘Full Found Alternative Exit ■ of safety violations.’ The workers eventually doors that could block access got out through anoth^ exit to exits in an emergency, and after people on the second a circuitous command sys­ floor heard them banging on tem in which peironnel on the stairwell door and let the Maiden Lane side of the them back in. building make all ths deci­ The workers and their sions. Keep Abreast of union say that impassable "Wa've had four or five Civil Service AoHvlUes exits are among a litany of chances to' fix these ptob- and Job Vacancies safety hazards that they have lems,” said one worker. "Next By Having repeated]^ brou^t to the at­ time, we might not be so tention of building manage­ lucky." THIS CHIEF-LEADER ment and city officials. Hearing oflicers at 66 John “After a vear of complain­ St. adjudicate complaints Mailed to Your ing, to walk down to a fire from the public about alleged exit and And a locked door is violations of building heuth Home S2 Weeks for appalling," said Senior Ad­ and safety codes. “That's the ONLY $22 ministrative Law.Judge ironic part," said Civil Ser­ Enelosa Check er Money I Ilene Shifrin, the only work­ vice Bar Association Presi­ Order With Nema, Addreei. Apt • er among the half-dozen in­ dent Gloria Johnson, whose' and Zip Cods and Send Io terviewed last week for thia union represents them; article who was willing to '‘Mere the Environmental speak on the record. Control Board Administra­ City workers, who inhabit tive Law Judges ere working im tmi ■wnaTUi'%iiKiT 13 floors on the John St. aide in a building full of fire and of the large bifurcated pri­ safety violsuons.* 277 BROADWAY vate ofBce complex, complain ; Consumer Affairs officials New York, N.Y. 10007 of an inadequate public .ad­ say that they take ths work- dress system, a maze of in­ lbraandc»la*ltn_ ternal electronic security (Continued on Page 8}

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