[CPEO-BIF] Environmental issues in New York City schools

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More Rules, Little Transparency, in City's Patrolling of Toxic Schools

by Gilda Di Carli
WNYC Radio (New York City)
July 5, 2016

In 1991, when a group of parents at the progressive Bronx New School wanted to find a larger, permanent site for their young elementary school, the city leased a vacant building: a former lamp factory in the Norwood section of the borough. 

At first, the building seemed to work well for the progressive style of education the school had become known for. But soon enough, students started getting sick. They would go to the nurse with headaches, nausea, dizziness. But few suspected it was the building that was at fault.

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As a result of the Bronx New School episode, the School Construction Authority amended its policy and now requires environmental testing and a review process when it first leases buildings, as well as during lease renewals and when it builds a school from scratch.

In addition, the City Council passed Local law 12 in early 2015, requiring the education department to publish links to all environmental inspection reports on its website within 10 days of receiving them.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.wnyc.org/story/more-rules-little-transparency-citys-patrolling-toxic-schools/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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