[CPEO-BIF] Con Ed demolition, East River, New York City

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Con Ed's in dustup over demolition

BY NANCIE L. KATZ
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
August 27 2008

Con Edison's demolition of an old East River plant has infuriated 
Williamsburg residents, who charge the company has refused to disclose 
if the dust is hazardous.

"It's like Desert Storm," said Isaac Abraham, head of the Clemente Plaza 
Tenants Association.

He claimed the utility offered and then refused to provide residents 
with information on what they're breathing from the Kent Ave. plant.

"We've been stonewalled," he said. "That building was contaminated with 
asbestos. They started demolishing this building without notification to 
area residents. We've had our windows shut for a month and a half. The 
only thing this community got was a con job."
...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/brooklyn/2008/08/27/2008-08-27_con_eds_in_dustup_over_demolition-2.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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