Inspection Report for 125 Cedar Street Apartments, November 2002

NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document

Gilsenan, Michael

From: [email protected] Sent: November 12, 2002 8:27 AM Tuesday,._._._._._._ ___

To: .Pu Cc: [email protected]; Gilsenan, Michael; [email protected] Subject: Re: Recleaniing windows and fire escapes in airshaft of 125 Cedar St.

dear mr. PII i appreciate your note of thanks and will work with nyc dep's mike gilsenan to get you a time when the cleaning will occur. just to clarify for you, as i think it is very important for you to know, i called mike gilsenan to discuss our options for dealing with this issue. mike was the one who offerred the bottom line that dep would see to a clean up if the owners of 114 liberty (which is where i've been told the repointing is taking place, though i haven't been down lately) or their contractor did not clean up the dust their work has generated. both epa and nyc dep are working collaboratively on the 125 cedar cleanup, as on other aspects of the program. it has been a challenge for us all, you as residents most of all. our goal as government representatives is to get you back to your residence in a protective way. thank you for working with us. we will be in touch. regards, kathy callahan

Kathleen C. Callahan 212-637-3116 212-637-3115 (fax)

PII To: Kathy Callahan/R2/USEPA/US@EPA cc: [email protected], Robert 11/11/2002 02:58 Fitzpatrick/R2/USEPA/US@EPA, PM [email protected] Subject: Recleaniing windows and fire escapes in airshaft of 125 Cedar St.

Dear Kathy,

Thank you for stating that the window sills and fire escapes in the airshaft of 125 Cedar Street will be recleaned as a result of the repointing of the fascade that is taking place at 110 Liberty Street As you know, 110 Liberty Street and 125 Cedar Street share a common airshaft. During the walkthrough with the DEP and the EPA on Friday November 8,2002, there was at least a 1/2" of white "dust" on all the windows and fire escapes and the blasting of the bricks was causing more to accumulate as we watched. Donald Graham from your office called to say that you had instructed Mike Gilsenan from the DEP that the recleaning should take place in the very near future and that the cleaning would be done by the same contractors who cleaned our interior spaces, ensuring that the tenants of 125 Cedar Street would be able to open their windows without this "dust" blowing inside. Please know that on late Friday afternoon, my wife had a conversation with Krish form the DEP who was unaware that the airshaft was to be recleaned and seriously questioned that the cleaning would take place at all. Perhaps the decision to reclean had not yet been

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