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Ground Zero Elected Officials and Residents Demand Better Emergency Plan for Deutsche Bank Demolition

Date: April 4, 2006
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Finance and Banking Foreign Affairs


Ground Zero Elected Officials and Residents Demand Better Emergency Plan for Deutsche Bank Demolition

Worker's fall heightens community concerns about existing procedures

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) joined with other elected officials, community activists, and residents of Lower Manhattan to criticize the Emergency Action Plan in place for the demolition of 130 Liberty Street, calling the plan "dangerously inadequate." Nadler called on New York City's Office of Emergency Management and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation to work together to develop a more detailed community notification and response plan that takes into consideration the special circumstances and sensitivities of the surrounding neighborhood.

"Given the trauma suffered by the workers and residents of Lower Manhattan four and a half years ago, we simply cannot accept a business-as-usual approach to potential toxic releases and other emergency situations down here," Congressman Nadler said.

http://www.house.gov/apps/list/press/ny08_nadler/DeutscheDemolit040406.html

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