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Intro 650 (Permits for Atmospheric, Biological, Chemical, and Radiological Detectors) is a City Council bill, introduced at the request of the Mayor, that will require police permits for possession and use of environmental air monitoring devices by public health groups, labor unions, environmentalists, community organizations, and university programs.
Intro 650, if enacted, will restrict, and could prevent altogether, independent environmental monitoring. Intro 650 also raises a serious threat to our civil liberties.
An initial hearing on the bill was held January 8. Strong opposition was raised by numerous speakers representing a broad range of groups. (See links below.)
Read the bill: Intro 650 is the bill that was the subject of the January 8 hearing held by the New York City Council, Public Safety Committee. Intro 650-B is a revised version of the bill. It was drafted in response to testimony and comments made during the January 8 hearing. Rev Intro 650-B is the second revised version of the bill and was released with these rules on January 30.
This is the February 4 revised version of the bill and rules. A critique of the bill can be found here. Here is the current (February 18) version of the bill and rules.
THE LATEST VERSION OF INTRO 650:
This is the April 14 revised version of the bill and rules.
LETTER TO NEW YORK COUNCIL COUNCIL SPEAKER CHRISTINE QUINN
IN OPPOSITION TO INTRO 650 (CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD)
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Testimony given at April 29 hearing |
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Joint testimony of NYCOSH and New York City Central Labor Council |
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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer |
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Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY 08) |
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Deborah J. Glick, New York State Assemblymember, 66th District |
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New York Civil Liberties Union |
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National Resource Defense Council |
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Actors' Equity Association |
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Paul Stein, Health and Safety Chair, Division 199, New York State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO |
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David Kotelchuck, Deputy Director, New York / New Jersey Education and Research Center |
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Jack Caravanos, Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Acting Program Director of Urban Public Health and Track Coordinator, Hunter College |
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Richard Falkenrath, Deputy Commissioner, Counterterrorism, New York City Police Department |
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Alice Freund, Industrial Hygienst, Mount Sinai Irving J. Selikoff Center for Occupational and Environmental Medicine |
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Organization of Staff Analysts |
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Kimberly Flynn, 9/11 Environmental Action |
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Testimony given at January 8 hearing |
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Richard Falkenrath, Deputy Commissioner, Counterterrorism, New York City Police Department |
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Joint testimony of NYCOSH and New York City Central Labor Council |
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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer |
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Ellie Engler, Assistant to the President and Director, UFT Safety and Health Department, United Federation of Teachers |
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Jack Caravanos, Associate Professor of Environmental Health and Acting Program Director of Urban Public Health and Track Coordinator, Hunter College |
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John B. Glass, Jr., Senior Vice President, The Hillman Group; Chair, Environmental Issues, Special Interest Group, New Jersey Local Section, American Industrial Hygiene Association |
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David Kotelchuck, Deputy Director, New York / New Jersey Education and Research Center |
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Statements, Letters, Resolutions in opposition to
Intro 650 |
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• Coalition letter and attachment to Mayor Bloomberg (3/13/08) |
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• New York State Public Employees Federation, AFL-CIO |
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• Actors' Equity Association |
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• Transport Workers Union - Local 100 |
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• Local 802 - American Federation of Musicians |
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• Joint Boards of the Mount Sinai Center for Occupational Health and Environmental Medicine |
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• New York State Department of Environmental Conservation |
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• Public Health Association of New York City |
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• Deborah J. Glick, New York State Assemblymember, 66th District |
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• Tony Avella, New York City Council Member, District 19, Queens |
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• Rosie Mendez, New York City Council Member, District 2, Manhattan |
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• David Yassky, New York City Council Member, District 33, Brooklyn |
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• Alan Gerson, New York City Council Member, District 1, Manhattan |
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• Community Board 1- Manhattan: Resolution in opposition of Intro 650 |
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• Community Board 3- Manhattan: Resolution in opposition of Intro 650 |
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• Community Board 6- Manhattan: Resolution in opposition of Intro 650 |
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• American Society of Safety Engineers Metropolitan Chaper |
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• American Society of Safety Engineers |
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• American Industrial Hygiene Association |
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• Riverkeeper, New York/New Jersey Baykeeper, Long Island Soundkeeper, Newton Creek Alliance |
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Intro 650 in the news |
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The Chief, 3/21/08 |
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New York Times, OP-ED, 1/30/08 |
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New York Times, City Room.com, 1/8/08 |
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Downtown Express, 1/8/08 |
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Village Voice, 1/15/08 |
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Gotham Gazette, 1/18/08 |
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Occupational Hazards, 1/28/08 |
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Nature.com, 1/30/08 |
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New York Metro, 2/6/08 |
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