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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

-----".riginal Message----- From: Harper, Mark Sent. Friday, January 03, 2003 8:50 AM To: Ian de Water, Barbara; Pojanowski, Bryan Cc: 'hillips, Gloria Subj:= FW: 408a vs 408b - 114 Liberty and 125 Cedar

FYI ---- riginal Message----- From: .pair, Brad Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 7:11 AM To: Hart, David; Melnick, Walter Cc: Harper, Mark; McIntyre, James; Zensinger, Larry; Dannels, Donna Subj~ --z: RE: 408a vs 408b - 114 Liberty and 125 Cedar

Dave Based apon the newspaper articles below, we should be able to clear all of the residents of 1 : Cedar =_-om our Temporary Housing program(s). Please check on this. Walt Plea contac-_ NYC DEP and/or EPA and find out how quickly 114 Liberty will be cleared and read. for re-Lccupancy. Than ,ou. New rk Post Janu._ -r 3, 20T .

HOME MEET HO:-" MILLET By A- 4

BACK .THERE THF1 BELONG: [NL]Andy Jurinko and wife Pat Moore are thrilled to be living in thei- apartme. again after their building at 125 Cedar St. was decimated by the Sept. 11 atta:_ .s. [NL]i: Y. Post: Michael Norcia Janu:- :.,z 3, 20': -- Nearly 16 months after the Sept. 11 attacks, the displaced residents of 125 :.far St. - the closest apartments to the Twin Towers - are finally back in their home And ..:.a 39 te:_3nts of the charming, century-old 12-story building that stands 300 feet from ;round Zero couldn't have been more ecstatic yesterday about finally reclaiming their belc , - d loft e:,)artments. Andy arinko a._d his wife, Pat Moore, were in their third-floor apartment when the two hija::ed plan slammed into the World Trade Center. The -.:~rer col_apse blew out 15 windows in their apartment and left chunks of debris - incl.. _ng par--.a of one of the planes and a blasted-out computer monitor - along with mound_, of dir_ and dust. "It els won::' rful and exciting to be back in our home," said Jurinko, 63, a painter. "It such a :-elief. We've been through so much. Our loft was like a minefield of glass, rock--, debris and dust. It was like a war zone." Moor-, a fashiDn designer, added: "It's fabulous to be back home. We've waited a long time for -.. - is day. t's amazing. We're just so grateful because we didn't know if we'd ever be allot : d back.' Mark --:cherzee, 51, a resident of the building since 1978, moved back into his penthouse agar-:.ent last week. "It'-: great t:: be back because it feels like the end of uncertainty," said Scherzee, a lawyc... "I fey_ so relieved. But there's still a lot of cleaning to do." The _.ateful 'enants yesterday made state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) an "hon -dry resident" for his work fighting to ensure the building will remain standing rega:--;iess who.-, is built on Ground Zero. At a .tress conference yesterday, Silver said the residents would be the "pillars of buil:,_ng a net: community in downtown New York." Many the te__.ants, including Jurinko, were the original pioneers who took the once- dere t offi.:a building and turned it into a residential jewel with large lofts and low rent: 25 year: ago. "Thi. is a dram come true," said Gail Langsner, who moved back into her apartment Dec. 15.

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