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April 10, 2008
NYPD Letter Blasts Security Lapses At Penn Station
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In a letter, NYC Police Commish Kelly "voiced frustration" toward Madison Square Garden stakeholders for failure to implement security measures:
Kelly's frustration was directed at the owners of Madison Square Garden, the chairman of Vornado Realty Trust, the head of the MTA and the president of Amtrak. Kelly did praise the MTA for securing millions of dollars to build the permanent security perimeter, a perimeter that would be complete with bollards and delta barriers able to stop truck bombs.
Currently, the streets between West 31st and 34th streets between 7th and 8th avenues either have no barricades or are surrounded with dirt-filled planters.
NoLandGrab: Meanwhile, as reported in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, regarding Bruce Ratner's plans to build an arena over one of the area's largest transit hubs:
NYPD spokesman John Kelly said, “The department has met numerous times with the builders, who have been very cooperative and have done everything we have asked.” He also said the department doesn’t foresee any street or land closures, sidewalk widening around the arena or the instillation of bollards.
No bollards or closures, and an arena just 20 feet from the street: have the NYPD and Bruce Ratner overlooked something?
Posted by lumi at April 10, 2008 4:58 AM