Downtown Express: Squadron, Downtown Pols Demand Data on Lead in Lower Manhattan Schools
March 10, 2017
See a copy of the letter above, and read more about it at the Downtown Express.
Following a report in Downtown Express that eight out of 10 public schools in Lower Manhattan have tested positive for dangerous levels of lead in their water, state Senator Daniel Squadron has rallied Downtown elected officials to demand full transparency about the problem from the Department of Education.
Squadron, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, Assemblymembers Yuh-Line Niou and Deborah Glick, and Councilmember Margaret Chin all signed onto a letter to Schools Chancellor Carmen Farina demanding full disclosure of specific results for all affected schools.
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