Community Board #2 along with other members of the EPA union are in protest of the failure of EPA leadership to act to protect the health of people in the affected areas. ... With all the aforementioned in mind, Community Board #2 appreciates the OIG's report on the EPA's response to the World Trade Center disaster. ... In my mind, the arguments of Community Board #2 are well put and supported. ... I remember days after September 11, hearing on the news that there was not an immediate threat to the air in Manhattan. ... I very much agreed with Community Board #2, in the reasoning...

• Word Count: 1402
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the same Manhattan hearing room where the Knapp Commission once sat, the new commission heard Dowd and other officers add another shocking chapter to the old story of police corruption. ... Therefore control must come from not only the police department, but also must require support of the community members. ... The community may even go as far as establishing review boards, and investigative bodies to help keep a careful eye on the agency. If we do not act to try and control it, the costs can be enormous, because it affects the individual, his department, and the community as a whole (She...

• Word Count: 1299
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By forming small communities within the city that echoed their neighborhoods from their home countries, these immigrants, especially the Italians and the Jews, were able to pass down their way of speaking through many generations. ... Today, however, it is difficult to find these types of communities in Manhattan. ...

• Word Count: 2184
• Approx Pages: 9
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate