DEP cover sheet for asbestos memo to Commissioner Ward, April

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

DEP ECB Fax:212-361-1724 Apr 10 2003 02:39 P.05

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iomb Scare Stirs Fire Safetif pears untinued fromPagol) concerns seriously and. HB e resolved all-problems..' have-repeatedly invesli- «d these complaints,* said istent Commissioner for linastration Kristen Las- "Wc feel that we have en- sd that the employees tbs public thatvisits our es arc saJfe.* le suggested that the Id Tirade Center terrorist cks may have rattled the r. "We understand that ■ Yorkers are'anxious,* Lasky said, “However, it ipartanC to remain calm . a 63 m responsibly" hn Cavaliere, ths boUd-' nansger for Newmark & ' • pany Real Estate; Inc., irivate landlord, did not ra a-call seeking com; I

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. St last week in ra- try to evacuate the building lost month. TT^problem,whioh almost caused danger'.'

•e safety regulations up » . r. •'•.■.• * 7)16 Iftck of coxnwuni6Btio& . They say that they stall to only ana stairwell. They t the workers remain between the-security ruarda cansat hear the puhlic ad­ say that msnagemeat baa ig­ icaL “All of a sudden, on the Jahs St side and their. dress system fram inside’ nored their pl^ to building oars open when build- counterparts- at the Maiden .hearing rooms or in bath-' management to create an­ lanagcmcnt is there,* Lene end first , became obvi­ roams. “When my door it other ossergeacy exit by cub- no. ous that October day os well, closed, you don't even know ting a door in an ofEes on the r workers moved into the workers jairL."The tbst 60 onnouncBnont it bo- far and of ths corridor. “Wo 30 St. in the spring of guards on John St. had noI ingimads,* said Ms. Shifrin. have people who come here In preparation for the idea what was going on,* re-' They contioue to worry with canes and wheelchairs maior renovations called Ms. Shifrin, whoI: that the legion of security for hearings,* said one work­ lone, including the «ra- works in the Health Depart­ doors throughout the build­ er. “If they are stuck bock of a second public en- ment's adjudication divuian ing could trap pwmlo inside­ here and thero’a a fire, they on the John St side. on the 11th floor They were in an emetgemy. 'From tbs would never gat out* Department of Fi- leuing people into ths build­ very beginning with this which holds the lease, ing as ethers were trying to building, it's very much Unsafe But t,egaIT iministration for Cbil- evacuate.* about security,* said another Serriees, and the a*u- While building msnage- -woriun “It's not about the The workers said that n divisions of the En- ment has put up new signs. safety of the people in the management has- told them lental Control Board, sad improved some emer­ that s second exit is not cpartmeat of Health gency exits, other problems The Consumer Affairs legally required. “'Not re--. e Department of Con- remain unresolved, the hearing offioera are troubled quircd by law/ that's their Allairs are all boused workers aaid. that they have direct access. excuse tor everything," said building. one worker workers say a fire Ms. Shlfirin blamed a eon- pulled by a teenager VOluCod Chfttn ©f ank on Oct. 1^2001— fin- soma of the ^lay in od- th after the Sept. 11 draasing their concema. The a a lew blocks away— Department ofConsumer Afi- riggered their fears 1 tain must point out prob­ ure safety. lems Is the Department of y said that ne an- Finance, which in turn re-. imsnt was mods over lays issues to building mon- system during the ea- agament . cidsat, leaving work- “It geta very complex la sura whether it was a terms ofwho you complain Io mergency or bow to and whe-is m charge,* she - said. electronic security ystem did net shut iither. Consumer Af- Bck-ofiTice staff on the loor discovered that leeded their card to door separating them — le fire exit. ITS walking-down the etls encountei:gd baff- ad ends snd'no signs to ben to the proper exit ;

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