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New York Lawyers for the Public Interest representing New York Communities for Change filed a Notice of Intent to Sue the NYC Department of Education and School Construction Authority under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. New York Lawyers for the Public Interest filed litigation under a different law, the Toxic Substances Control Act, to compel the City to remove and replace all PCB-containing light fixtures in schools within the fastest timeframe possible. This new notice of intent to sue will be joined with that litigation. To read more about the litigation and to see the new notice, click here... August 18, 2011
NYLPI Files Lawsuit Against the City to Expedite the Removal of PCB-Containing Light Ballasts in NYC Schools ... July 20, 2011
CONSENT AGREEMENT
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FINAL ORDER - January 13, 2010
EPA Press Release - January 2010
New York City Agreement with Naomi Gonzalez - January 13, 2010
Statement From Attorney Miranda Massie from New York Lawyers for the Public Interest - January 19, 2010
Naomi Gonzalez vs. New York City Board of Education and School Construction Authority (S.C.A.)... September 9, 2009
Click to view lawsuit
Contact Information
Miranda K.S. Massie
Senior Staff Attorney - Environmental Justice
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest
151 West 30th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10001
t: (212) 244-4664 x322
f: (212) 244-4570
c: (313) 510-5971
http://www.nylpi.org
Bronx Mother to sue over toxic caulk in NYC schools ... Daily News March 26, 2009
Toxic fight over schools in Bronx ... New York Daily News April 13, 2009
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Yorktown School District PCB Lawsuit vs. Monsanto
Yorktown School District Settled with Monsanto in November 2009
Case Dismissed with Prejudice: July 2010 (See Document 64)
Read Memo regarding Settlement June 2009
BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board of Education hereby retains the law firm of Kennedy & Madonna, LLP to bring legal action against various defendants, including Monsanto Company, for damages incurred by the Yorktown Central School District as a result of PCB contaminated caulking and other materials in the District’s buildings in accordance with an Attorney Retention Agreement, dated October 4, 2007
PCBs in Schools and Corporate Responsibility for Remediation: Yorktown Central School District v. Monsanto Company: Law Professor Valerie Watnick
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Kevin J. Madonna, Esq.
Kennedy & Madonna, LLP
48 Dewitt Mills Rd.
Hurley, NY 12443
Phone: (845) 514-2912
Fax: 845-230-3111
Email: kmadonna@kennedymadonna.com
www.kennedymadonna.com
Kevin Madonna : Partner, Kennedy & Madonna LLP (Chatham, NY);
active attorney, Pace University Law School Environmental Litigation Clinic;
long-time family friend of the Kennedys
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