Friday, June 4, 2010
Air Advisory from Notify NYC + City Council Intro 58 controversial?
Anyone can sign up for Notify NYC. Just go to NYC gov. website and you can receive emails like I did earlier today like this one...
"NY State DEC has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for New York Advisory for New York City from 1PM - 10PM."
This is important information and brings up an interesting and possibly controversial piece of legislation now in front of City Council called Intro 58.
Intro 58 I am told touches on monitoring the air here in NYC and it seems right now the way it is set up it sets up a possible confrontational environment between the NYPD and people that want to monitor the environment.
I went to the City Council's website to read it but I can't find the link....http://council.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml
http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Legislation.aspx
I am a supporter of the NYPD. I even have a jacket with patches and pins in the 9-11 Museum collection and an NYPD patch is front and center but I do believe there needs to be continued discussion and I am sure there will be on just how much power the NYPD has and how much jurisdiction over NYC including something as simple as testing regarding environmental concerns.
I do feel very strongly about transparency and accountability when it comes to government and a huge concern for me as a New Yorker is the lack of transparency. I wish more people knew about Intro 58.
"NY State DEC has issued an Air Quality Health Advisory for New York Advisory for New York City from 1PM - 10PM."
This is important information and brings up an interesting and possibly controversial piece of legislation now in front of City Council called Intro 58.
Intro 58 I am told touches on monitoring the air here in NYC and it seems right now the way it is set up it sets up a possible confrontational environment between the NYPD and people that want to monitor the environment.
I went to the City Council's website to read it but I can't find the link....http://council.nyc.gov/html/home/home.shtml
http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/Legislation.aspx
I am a supporter of the NYPD. I even have a jacket with patches and pins in the 9-11 Museum collection and an NYPD patch is front and center but I do believe there needs to be continued discussion and I am sure there will be on just how much power the NYPD has and how much jurisdiction over NYC including something as simple as testing regarding environmental concerns.
I do feel very strongly about transparency and accountability when it comes to government and a huge concern for me as a New Yorker is the lack of transparency. I wish more people knew about Intro 58.