NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
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The City of New York
Office of the Mayor
New York, N.Y. 10007
MEMORANDUM
To: Agency Head Distribution List (See Attachment)
From: Edward Skyler, Deputy Mayor for Administration
Linda Gibbs, Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services
Date: September 26, 2006
Re; WTC Mayoral Review Panel
As you know, on Tuesday, September 5, the Mayor announced several new initiatives to
enhance the City’s response to World Trade Center health-related issues. As part of these efforts, the
Mayor has asked us to convene a Mayoral Review Panel on WTC Health Issues that includes all City
agencies serving or representing those individuals whose health may have been affected by the events
of September 11, 2001, and that will;
(1) Ensure WTC-related illness policies are coordinated across City agencies;
(n) Identify mechanisms through which emerging issues can be quickly elevated and
shared across agency lines;
(iii) Review the availability and sufficiency of resources aimed at assisting those who have
been affected by WTC-related illness; and
(iv) Recommend strategies to ensure the ongoing effectiveness of those resources.
We have already begun to work with DOHMH, FDNY, NYPD, DDC and other agencies with
employees or other constituencies that were exposed to the WTC site. To ensure that all affected or
potentially affected agencies take part in the panel, we ask that you carefully review the attached
survey and (i) submit any relevant information or (ii) indicate that your agency need not participate on
the panel. Please submit responses (or indications that no response is necessary) to Cas Holloway
(available at (212) 788-8235 or [email protected] ) by Monday, October 2nd.
Thank you in advance for your assistance and input in this important work. If you have any
questions or comments about the panel, don’t hesitate to reach out to either of us directly (Ed is at
(212) 788-3191; Linda is at (212) 788-2950).
c: First Deputy Mayor Patricia E. Harris
Deputy Mayor Daniel L. Doctoroff
Deputy Mayor Carol A. Robles-Roman
Deputy Mayor Dennis M. Walcott
Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey
Shea Fink, Senior Advisor
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