NYC: Construction of Cancer Treatment Facility Probably Giving Cancer to Neighbors

Maybe it’s a symbolic event?

New York Post:

The construction of a new Memorial Sloan Kettering cancer care facility on the Upper East Side might be exposing youngsters to carcinogens and other toxic materials, enraged parents say.

The planned 31-story cancer care pavilion on York Avenue between East 66th and 67th streets in Manhattan’s Lenox Hill neighborhood has stirred parents into a frenzy in recent weeks, sparking a Change.org petition claiming demolition – including asbestos and lead-based paint removal – will put nearby schoolchildren at risk of hazard exposure.

“The main point of the petition is to have an impartial third party monitoring the situation and assuring us that they’re doing what they need to,” Anat Rosenberg, co-founder of the grassroots organization behind the petition, told The Post.

lol.

Cheap immigrant labor poisons the Jews???

Documents filed over two decades ago by MSK reveal the “potential for adverse impacts” during construction due to “the presence of chemical and radioactive products, hazardous waste, petroleum storage tanks, asbestos-containing materials, PCB-containing materials, and lead-based paint.

“Construction activities could disturb hazardous materials and increase pathways for human exposure,” the documents add.

An MSK rep told The Post that “most of the buildings from that time period have asbestos,” and the cancer center, which is estimated to be completed in 2030, is following all protocols required by the state and city to ensure safety in and around the site.

Why does it take six years to build a building?

Especially if they’re not even following OSHA?

Asbestos concerns aren’t unheard of in the neighborhood. As recently as Aug. 1, a steam pipe leak sent Upper East Siders indoors and shuttering their windows on Park Avenue.

The coalition of parents behind the petition – Lenox Hill Families Advocating for Children to Thrive (FACT) – is demanding MSK hire an environmental pediatrician to act as an independent advocate.

Okay, guys.

Not every acronym has to be a word. Okay?

It’s better to have an acronym not be a word than to have a stupid acronym.

They also want to reduce the height of the pavilion due to shadows projected to be cast on the P.S. 183 Robert L. Stevenson yard and the school’s southeastern windows.

Rosenberg, 49, who is the mother of two P.S. 183 children, said parents were only formally notified of the plans for the new center from the school in April – and argued not all community voices are being heard with many families out of town for the summer.

Upper East Siders sounded off Tuesday afternoon near the demolition site, voicing similar concerns as the group of local parents about toxic hazards in the air.

It would be ironic if they were sloppy about asbestos and they’re a cancer hospital,” said Upper East Side resident Alida Camp, 69.

It would also be ironic if Jews were poisoned by their own immigrant tidal wave.

Whatever.

I don’t really care what happens to people in New York City.

From my experience, they deserve whatever.