NortheastQueensCommunityActionNetwork'Inc'

24-55FrancisLewisBoulevard Whitestone,NY11357
7L8-352-547t
Vince Tabone,President

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JeffreyW. Kolb,P'E.
DivisionAdministrator
FederalHighwaYAdministration
LeoW. O'BrienFederalBldg,.Rm7L9
Afbany,NewYorkL22O7

PhilipEng
RegionalDirector
NewYorkStateDepartmentof Transportation
HuntersPointPlaza
47-402L'"Street
LonglslandCitY,New York 11101

Re: WilletsPointVanWvckRamps'P'l'N'X770'04

DearMr. Kolband Mr. Eng:

Inc'
on behalfof the NortheastQueenscommunity Action Network,
("NEQCAN"), I am writing to join with the NationalResourceDefenseCouncil
citizensand gro'*psin expressing concer*
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NEQCAN,s ultimatemissionis to assistour communityin combating
neighborhood deteriorationthroughdissemination of informationand to
ameliorateproblemsassociated with publicsafetyand qualityof life issues'ln
keepingwith that missionwe urgeyou to considerour concerns'

Now I for one,as a former NewYorkCityeconomicdevelopmentofficialdo

not, evenfor a moment,imputeill motiveto the projectproponents,in this
casethe New Yorkcity EconomicDevelopmentcorporation{"EDC")'

Notwithstanding same,it remainsthat there is a significantand inexplicable

divergence in results,andgiventhe hugepotentialimpactsand the significant
amountof publicinvestmentcontemplated, it just standsto reasonfurther
studyis calledfor to ensurethat rnitigaticnmeasures, Cesign,etc.,are
optimizeC.

To this end NEQCAN joinswith NRDCin callingfor full independent

environrnenta! revlewpul"suanttc the NationalEnvironrnenta! PoiicyF.eview
Act of the prcpcsedaccess!"arnps andtheir impactson the van \Jyck.This
app:"cach shculdensurethat adequatemitigationrneasures and design
featu:'esare irnplernentedanCcomrnunitV conce!"n3 regardingpctentia!
impactsa:"eproperlvaddressed av:dimplernenied to the greatestexteni
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this regL:est.
Thankvou i-ot"consiCering

BestRegards,

VinceTabone,Esq'
NortheastQueensCommunityActionNetwork,Inc'
President,

cc: GaryAckerman,
Congressman FrankPadavan
Senator
CouncilMemberPeterKoo,CouncillJlernberDanHalloran