Internal DEP memorandum forwarding legal guidance on retention of WTC-related documents due to pending and threatened litigation against the City.
NYC-WTC_000164664–000164665
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NYC 9/11 Public Portal Document
Avaltroni, Robert
From: Schiano, Frank Sent: Friday, February 28, 2003 10:51 AM To: Avaltroni, Robert Subject: Fw; WTC documents
Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
---- Original Message----- From: Hoffer, Mark <[email protected]> To: Schiano, Frank <[email protected]>; Pecunies, Russ <[email protected]> Sent: Fri Feb 28 09:25:57 2003 Subject: FW: WTC documents
pls note and pass this along to Bob Avaltroni and his folks.
---- Original Message----- From: Kahn, Lawrence [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 3:26 PM To: '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; '[email protected]'; Debbie Zoland (E-mail); Wilfredo Lopez (E-mail) Cc: Cardozo, Michael; Leoussis, Fay; Becker, Kenneth Subject: WTC documents
As we have previously advised agencies, because of pending and threatened litigation against the City , it is important that agencies retain all World Trade Center-related documents, whether in paper or electronic form. I am writing now because it appears that a number of City agencies may not have not taken adequate steps to preserve documents stored in electronic form. I understand that the preservation of documents in electronic form may be inconvenient and costly, but it must be accomplished nonetheless. The failure to retain documents could result in severe sanctions against the City in the lawsuits. Therefore, it is essential that immediate steps be taken at every agency to preserve all electronic evidence that may in any way concern the World Trade Center. The materials to be preserved include e-mail, word processing files, spreadsheets and other information contained on backup tapes, floppy discs, hard drives, servers and any other electronic media. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at (212) 788-0600 or Ken Becker, Chief of the Law Department's WTC Unit, at (212) 788-0514. Thank you very much for your cooperation
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