Memo on WTC redevelopment legislation, Nov 2003

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

1 telecommunications~Dr other pnvate facilities or structures not publicly owned which are located

2 within, traversing or adjacent to the construction area of such project, whether above, below or at

3 ground level, including the removal, relocation, alteration, replacement, reconstruction or

4 improvement of such facilities or structures, provided that the costs of work performed pursuant

5 to this paragraph, including any incremental or administrative costs attributable to such work.

6 shall not be borne by such public agency except as otherwise provided by chapter three hundred

7 fifty-seven of the laws of nineteen hundred eighty-eight.

8 e. Notwithstanding the provisions of section twenty-five hundred and four of

9 the insurance law, a public agency may, with respect to any lower Manhattan redevelopment 10 project, negotiate, make application for, obtain or procure any surety bond or contract of P

11 insurance which can be obtained or procured by any contractor or subcontractor.

12 Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision 2-c of section 25 of the workers compensation

13 law, until January 1, 2014 alternate dispute resolution procedures may be used for any project in

14 lower Manhattan in which a public agency is procuring such surety bond or contract of

15 insurance.

16 f. Notwithstanding any general, special or local law or rule or regulation to the

17 contrary, a public agency shall require contractors and subcontractors to use only low sulfur

18 diesel fuel to power the diesel-powered non-road vehicles with engine horsepower (HP) rating of

19 60 HP and above used on lower Manhattan redevelopment projects and, where practicable, to

20 reduce the emission of pollutants by retrofitting such non-road vehicles with oxidation catalysts.

21 particulate filters, or technology with comparable or better effectiveness.

22 g. A public agency may participate in, sponsor, conduct or administer contracts

23 for a lower Manhattan redevelopment project by acting alone or in collaboration with one or

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