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ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEES ON CORPORATIONS,
AUTHORITIES AND COMMISSIONS

ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON CITIES

ASSEMBLY STANDING COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING


SUBJECT:

The New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency.

PURPOSE:

To receive information on the status of the New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency (The Evacuation Plan) prepared by the New York City Office of Emergency Management.

New York City
Friday
July 7, 2006
10:30 a.m.
Assembly Hearing Room
250 Broadway
Room 1923, 19th Floor
New York City

ORAL TESTIMONY WILL BE BY INVITATION ONLY


Witnesses should be prepared to discuss the bases and methodology for the conclusions and recommendations of the Evacuation Plan with emphasis on the role of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey in providing mass transportation services to persons attempting to evacuate potentially endangered areas. Among other things, the Committees would expect the witnesses to be familiar with the, "Preliminary Report on New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency" issued by the Assembly Standing Committee on Corporations, Authorities, and Commissions on September 15, 2005, and the subsequent "Final Report on New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency" issued on March 23, 2006.

Persons invited to present pertinent testimony to the Committee at the above hearing should complete and return the reply form as soon as possible. It is important that the reply form be fully completed and returned so that persons may be notified in the event of emergency postponement or cancellation.

Oral testimony will be limited to 10 minutes' duration. Ten copies of any prepared testimony should be submitted at the hearing registration desk. The Committee would appreciate advance receipt of prepared statements.

In order to meet the needs of those who may have a disability, the Assembly, in accordance with its policy of non-discrimination on the basis of disability, as well as the 1990 Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), has made its facilities and services available to all individuals with disabilities. For individuals with disabilities, accommodations will be provided, upon reasonable request, to afford such individuals access and admission to Assembly facilities and activities.


Richard L. Brodsky
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Corporations,
Authorities And Commissions

James F. Brennan
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Cities

RoAnn M. Destito
Member of Assembly
Chair
Committee on Governmental Operations



PUBLIC HEARING REPLY FORM

Persons wishing to present testimony at the public hearing on The New York City Emergency Response and Evacuation Plans in the Event of a Weather-Related Emergency are requested to complete this reply form as soon as possible and mail or fax it to:

Jonathan Lamberti
Committee Assistant
Assembly Committee on Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Room 513 - Capitol
Albany, New York 12248
Email: lambertj@assembly.state.ny.us
Phone: (518) 455-4881
Fax: (518) 455-4128


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