Letter from Assemblyman Silver regarding 125 Cedar Street impacts, May

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

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THE ASSEMBLY STATE OF NEW YORK ALBANY 290 Broadway Sulla 2307 AEsemblymqn Naw York, Naw York 10007 SHELDON SILVER (212)312-1420 62nd District FAX (212) 312-1425 May 28,2002 Honorable Jane M. Kenny Administrator, Kegion 2 US Environmental Protection Agency 290 Broadway New York. NY 10007 Hon 'rable Christopher Ward Commissioner NYC Department of .Environmental Protection 59-17 Junction Boulevard Corona. NY 11368 Dear Administrator Kenny and Conuniesioner Ward: On May 23”*, I convened a meeting at my office regarding the severe impacts on 125 Cedar Street which resulted from the September 11* terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center complex. The following were invited to participate: tenants and their lawyer, owner and his lawyer, relevant public and private agencies, and the local elected officials. The purpose of the meeting was to have all the parties work together to ensure that the building is properly and professionally cleaned and repaired in order that it may be quickly re-occupied. I thank you for sending staff to this necessar' and important meeting. A follow-up meeting will be held in my office on June 6* at 1:00pm. As you know, 125 Cedar Street, aka 120 Liberty Street, a 12-story building with approximately 20 loft-sized rent stabilized residential units, is directly across the street from Ground Zero. When the Towers collapsed on 9/11,125 Cedar Street was directly impacted, including: the windows on Liberty Street blew in and the windows on Cedar Street blew out, more than four foet of debris from the collapse filled the units, dust was everywhere, water pipes broke, kitchen appliances were badly damaged, clothing and fomiture were destroyed, and debris filled the air shaft between 125 Cedar Street and Liberty Street. In addition, foe tenants, who are artists (i.e., painters, weavers, photographers), lost supplies and many years of completed work They were evacuated and remain evacuated. They are devastated! The major topic of discussion at the May 23"* meeting was the need to professionally and properly clean the exterior and the interior of the building before the NYC Department of Transportation commences its total capital reconstruction of Greenwich Street south of Liberty Street and Cedar Street between Greenwich Street and Trinity Place. It is understood that the exterior of foe building must be cleaned before foe interior. Even foough DEP will begin the exterior cleaning of all buildings starting the beginning of June, the DEP representative could not

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