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September 27, 2018 • $1.00 Volume 88 • Number 38
Lead is widespread in private buildings, too: Tenants, activists BY SYDNEY PEREIR A
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he City Council is gearing up for a lead hearing this Thursday amid the ongoing crisis in New York City Housing Authority buildings, where more than 1,100 children have been poisoned with lead since 2012, according to the Daily News. But while
the city has been slammed for allowing lead poisoning in public housing, tenants and advocates are demanding that the city crack down on lead violations in private buildings, as well. “The issue of lead contamination from construction dust LEAD continued on p. 6
Sarah Carroll, new Landmarks chief, aims for a ‘balance’ BY SYDNEY PEREIR A
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arah Carroll, the former executive director of the Landmarks Preservation Commission, was O.K.’d by the City Council as the agency’s new chairperson on Wednesday. Carroll, a 24-year veteran of the agency who spent much
of her time in its preservation department, will replace former Chairperson Meenakshi Srinivasan, who spent four years helming the commission and announced her resignation in late April. After resounding support from preservationists, arCARROLL continued on p. 12
PHOTO BY TEQUILA MINSKY
Mikhail Bar yshnikov saluted fellow dance great Merce Cunningham at a plaque dedication for Cunningham at Westbeth last Thursday. See Page 3.
Landliners outraged over Verizon outages BY WINNIE MCCROY
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n Mon., Sept. 17, about 50 Verizon customers from various parts of Manhattan gathered in the basement of Our Lady of Pompeii Church, on Bleecker St., for a town hall to address continuing outages of landline phone service by the
Shared shekere’s rhythms.....p. 10
provider. Service has been affected by manhole explosions, such as the June fire at W. 15th St. and Ninth Ave., as well as inclement weather, construction mistakes and cascading outages in other parts of the city. “I’m here today to be accountable for the customer service you’ve been experi-
encing, but I also want to educate you about our plan,” said Joseph Beasley, Verizon region president of New York City service delivery and field operations. “I don’t like meeting you under these conditions, but we are here to take action.” VERIZON continued on p. 8
‘Elex and the City’: What’s Cyn’s next move?......p. 5 East Siders trash Sanitation parking ‘plan’...... p. 16 www.TheVillager.com