NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
MEMORANDUM REGARDING LAW DEPARTMENT WORLD TRADE
CENTER UNIT EVIDENCE COLLECTION PROJECT
The World Trade Center (WTC) Unit at the New York City Law Department must collect
all World Trade Center related materials created as the result of the terrorist attacks of September
11,2001, and the resulting rescue, recovery and cleanup efforts, from all City agencies. The
Law Department must do this to ensure that it has all the information it needs to protect the
City’s interest in pending or potential litigation and other matters associated with the World
Trade Center attacks and the recovery effort. The law requires that this information be properly
preserved as potential evidence in WTC-related litigation, so DEP’s cooperation in this effort is
essential. A group of WTC Unit attorneys and paralegals will be collecting WTC-related
materials, both paper and electronic, from DEP over the next two months.
The WTC Unit needs you to fill out the attached questionnaire regarding your WTC-
related activities and information. Based upon your response, members of the WTC Unit may
contact you to schedule an interview to ascertain what documents and electronic data you have
and where they are located. Most interviews will not exceed one hour.
The interviews will not be recorded in any way and you will not be required to retrieve or
review documents. The WTC Unit intends to collect all important documentation and electronic
information with the least possible interference to anyone’s work schedule.
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