Re: NYC MAY OUTLAW ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING BY CITIZENS

[Guest guest]

There is another law that some group is trying to put through that

would explicitly allow landlords to sue tenants for harassment if they

submit complaints to city agencies " that turn out to be groundless "

but the wording is such that mold complaints could be included in the

same way that lawyers often get mold cases thrown out, because there

are no real laws yet about mold.

They dont recognize anything that isn't a law, in other words..

That would intimidate tenants into not complaining because few people

can afford lawsuits. In NYC, there is a war going on in many

neighborhoods over development. People who pay rent are being pushed

out in favor of condominium and co-op development with some plots of

land fetching hundreds of millions of dollars once the buildings

standing on them are emptied of tenants.

Arson is also way up... many people find themselves homeless after

mysterious fires in their buildings make them refugees. People

sometimes get killed or maimed permananetly in these fires, also

families often lose everything they own. Plus, where are they supposed

to stay in a town where hotel rooms cost an average $300/night? No

room at the inn!

People sometimes get paid to move, but how far will twenty or thirty

thousand dollars get you when the nearest affordable apartments are

many many miles away.. Also, how will they get around out there? Many

people who live in big cities don't drive, they have never owned cars.

In NYC finding a space to park a car is next to impossible. A tiny

garage can easily cost much more than a house in some places. Older

people living on fixed incomes cant afford the rents anywhere else in

the area. Oce they lose their apartments there really aren't many

options for them at all. Many die.

On Jan 28, 2008 9:03 AM, Sharon <shha2002@...> wrote:

>

> Has anyone heard of this?

>

> Date: Jan. 16, 2008

>

> NYC MAY OUTLAW ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING BY CITIZENS

>

> The New York City Council is considering a bill that would make it

> illegal for a citizen to test — without police permission — the

> environment for toxic or pathogenic conditions.

> The Big Apple, of course, is the tourist-pumped city where EPA's post-

> 9/11 assertions that the air and water were safe proved so tragically

> and knowingly false. Only independent testing by journalists and

> medical personnel came up with evidence to explain why everybody was

> coughing.

> The bill, pushed by the NYPD's counter-terror chief, would make

> possession of environmental detection equipment illegal without an

> NYPD-issued license. Such devices, available widely on the open

> market for a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, are common on

> construction and engineering sites where they save many lives that

> might otherwise be lost to toxic occupational hazards.

> • " N.Y.P.D. Looks To Regulate Environmental Detectors, "

> Downtown Express, Jan. 11-17, 2008, by Shapiro.

> • Previous Story: WatchDog of May 2, 2007.

>

> http://notes.sej.org/sej/tipsheet.nsf/13d34437d7f7c3e486256e810081065b

> /D3D7A97D500BE089862573D2007BF51B

>

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[Guest guest]

Can you imagine,

I'm sorry sir, were going to have to take you in and book you for illegal

possesion of Petry dishs. We don't care if your children are sick and you need

to know what the mold counts are to see if you neeed to move for there safety of

your family. You don't have a permit!!!!!

Sharon <shha2002@...> wrote: Has anyone

heard of this?

Date: Jan. 16, 2008

NYC MAY OUTLAW ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING BY CITIZENS

The New York City Council is considering a bill that would make it

illegal for a citizen to test — without police permission — the

environment for toxic or pathogenic conditions.

The Big Apple, of course, is the tourist-pumped city where EPA's post-

9/11 assertions that the air and water were safe proved so tragically

and knowingly false. Only independent testing by journalists and

medical personnel came up with evidence to explain why everybody was

coughing.

The bill, pushed by the NYPD's counter-terror chief, would make

possession of environmental detection equipment illegal without an

NYPD-issued license. Such devices, available widely on the open

market for a few hundred to a few thousand dollars, are common on

construction and engineering sites where they save many lives that

might otherwise be lost to toxic occupational hazards.

• " N.Y.P.D. Looks To Regulate Environmental Detectors, "

Downtown Express, Jan. 11-17, 2008, by Shapiro.

• Previous Story: WatchDog of May 2, 2007.

http://notes.sej.org/sej/tipsheet.nsf/13d34437d7f7c3e486256e810081065b

/D3D7A97D500BE089862573D2007BF51B

________________________________________

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