This letter finally sent after support from Quinn was made public ... after parents had come to ask for support since February ...
Community Education Council District 2
333 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10001
Tel (212) 356-3915 Fax (212) 356-7506
www.cecd2.net
T. Elzora Cleveland, President Beth Cirone
Shino Tanikawa, 1st Vice President Diana Florence
Sarah Chu, 2nd Vice President Eric A. Greenleaf
Cynthia Alvarez, Treasurer Michael D. Markowitz, P.E.
Lisa Urban, Recording Secretary Mary Silver
May 4, 2011
Dennis M. Walcott
Chancellor
NYC Department of Education
Tweed Courthouse
52 Chambers Street
New York, New York 10001
Re: CECD2’s strong support of the request of local elected officials and the Public School 51 school leadership seeking your assistance in relocating P.S. 51, The Elias Howe School, located at 20 West 45th Street in Manhattan
Dear Chancellor Walcott:
We are writing to lend our strong support to the written request from local elected officials seeking your assistance in relocating the P.S. 51 school community for the duration of the construction of the large residential development at and around P.S. 51, that includes a new school and much needed permanently affordable housing (see letter dated April 27). We are very concerned that P.S. 51’s current location is untenable given the large-scale construciton happening in the immediate vicinity of the school and the potential for exposure to elevated noise levels, environmental toxins, and constant disruption from the required acitivities of large construction crews.
We understand that the P.S. 51 School Leadership Team and PTA Executive Board have requested an immediate postponement of construction of the new school and a temporary relocation of the school for the start of the Fall 2011 school year until the completion of the construction. We fully and strongly support these requests and we urge the DOE to begin site visits as soon as possible to evaluate the feasiblity of alternative locations.
Please feel free to contact us, if you need any additional support for these requests.
Very truly yours,
T. Elzora Cleveland
T. Elzora Cleveland
President
cc:US Congressman Jerrold Nadler
NYS Senator Tom Duane
NYS Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal
NYS Assemblymember Richard Gottfried
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn
Elizabeth Rose, Director Portfolio Planning
Community Board 4
Daria Rigney, Community Superintendent
Nancy Sing-Bock, Principal PS 51
Dan Feigelson, CFN 203
PS 51 SLT & PTA
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