From the Times Ledger:James Cervino, a marine biologist working with the civic, called on the city to replace the polluted soil at the property, citing toxin levels several times above the standards of the state Department of Environmental Conservation and noting that some of the compounds found in the study caused cancer in laboratory experiments.
“Clean it up,” he said at last Thursday’s meeting. “Use state DEC−approved soil. Take out the bad stuff. To me, it’s a no−brainer.”
“It’s not something we’re going to pursue,” DOE spokesman Will Havemann said of replacing the soil. “The School Construction Authority has standards for when it is necessary to take preventative measures in a school building and when it’s necessary to actually clean up the site. The level of contamination at this site did not meet that standard.”
Although not mentioned in this article, Dr. Cervino made an offer of a donation of certified clean fill for the project, which would dramatically reduce the cost of the cleanup. The SCA rep at the meeting said they would definitely consider it. So why is the DOE being so pigheaded?
WHO IS GETTING A CONTRACT AND/OR KICKBACKS OUT OF THIS?
P.S. Cardozo is toxic, too!
3 comments:
DOE has its own standards of toxicity when it comes to schools in red-lined neighborhoods.
YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUR TWO TIERED SYSTEM THAT PERMEATES ALL ASPECTS OF GOVERNMENT MANAGEMENT IN NYC!
One set of rules for the less privileged and another set for the
well connected!
Nothing has changed...the "haves" always get more while the "have-nots" continue to get less!
WELL good morning queens, nice to see that our fucking mayor and the way they do things haven't changed. how fucking dumb are these assholes, they would rather ruin our quailty of life and now our air. oh and by the dirt was being donated and wasn't costing the city any money, actually they would be saving. cups up to the biggest bunch and fucking morons we have running this city!
and GO GREEN! FUCK YOU MAYOR BLOOMASS.........
The only "green" Mayor Bum-turd likes is the dead president variety!
GREENBACKS!
DUMP THIS SOB ELITIST WHO'S RUN ROUGHSHOD OVER DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
And NEVER FORGET his city council stooges that voted for the 3rd term extensions!
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