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One Police Plaza Security Plan EIS CHAPTER 1: PROJECT DESCRIPTION A. INTRODUCTION Following the events of September 11, 2001, the New York City Police Department (NYPD) established security measures in order to protect government facilities in the “civic center” portion of lower Manhattan which were at the time, and continue to be, considered potential targets (see Figure 1-1 for project location). These security measures included the installation of attended security checkpoint booths, planters, bollards and hydraulically-operated delta barriers to restrict the access of unauthorized vehicles from the roadways situated adjacent to the civic facilities located near One Police Plaza (see Figure 1-2 for existing conditions). Pedestrian access within the security perimeter established by the check points and the delta barriers is not restricted, with the exception of the area immediately adjacent to NYPD headquarters at One Police Plaza. The NYPD, lead agency for the referenced project, prepared an Environmental Assessment Statement (EAS) in January 2004 pursuant to an order issued on August 1, 2003 by New York State Supreme Court Justice Walter B. Tolub in the matter of Chatham Green, Inc. et al. v. Bloomberg et al. (Index No. 107569/03). NYPD then issued a negative declaration, which was subsequently challenged in a second lawsuit, Chatham Towers, Inc. et al. v. Bloomberg et al. (Index No. 107761/04). In an opinion dated October 15, 2004, Justice Tolub found that the EAS did not take a “hard look” as required by law, specifically for the technical areas of Community Facilities and Services, Socioeconomic Conditions, Neighborhood Character, Traffic and Parking, and Transit and Pedestrians. Justice Tolub directed that the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was appropriate. Although the NYPD maintains that the EAS and negative declaration were adequate in all respects, in light of Justice Tolub’s October 15, 2004 determination, the NYPD has prepared this draft EIS in accordance with Article 8 of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law and the regulations promulgated pursuant thereto at 6 NYCRR Part 617 (State Environmental Quality Review Act or “SEQRA”), Executive Order 91 of 1977, as amended, and the Rules of Procedure for City Environmental Quality Review, found at Title 62, Chapter 5 of the Rules of the City of New York (“CEQR”). It bears noting that certain streets proximate to One Police Plaza were closed in 1999, as indicated in an EAS, dated April 2, 1999, prepared by the New York City Department of Transportation at the request of the NYPD (CEQR No. 99DOT011M). Following the issuance of the EAS in 1999, a negative declaration was issued on May 13, 1999. These pre-September 11, 2001 street closures, listed below (also see Figure 1-3), are not part of the action but are considered as part of the No- 1-1 One Police Plaza Security Plan EIS Figure 1-1 C A N A L Y A W H IG H E ID S T S E W AY W S D T Project Location A R O E BR E Legend T Project Area B R O O K L Y N B R I D G E E A S T R I V E R B R O O K L Y N 0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 Feet I Park Row at Pearl Street looking north. Park Row at Pearl Street looking south. Chatham Square looking south towards Park Row. St. James Place at Madison Street looking west. One Police Plaza Security Plan EIS Figure 1-2 Existing Conditions St. James Place at Pearl Street looking north. Park Row at Worth Street looking south. M103 bus travelling north on Park Row. St. James Place at Madison Street looking south west. One Police Plaza Security Plan EIS Figure 1-2 Existing Conditions T S H T E B A Z I L E T O 1999 StreetM Closures ST RD YA BA T S LL PE CA Q TH S E R IN ColumbusPark T M E A S S T O H C T S A O H M C N E C L AN P HOG O LI VE R ST T TH S WOR Chatham Towers T J TH S US AM WOR E S ST Courthouse L P New York State Supreme Court S E M A J . T S ChathamGreen PEARL ST Houses T S Q E S T T Y US P One Police Plaza Security Plan EISE Figure 1-3 E L E Y L P A A R O W L F S F E O S A T L R Courthouse Y A K H R ST L A E P AN A U N D I S D T. R James A A N C D T R Madison Plaza S EW S One L P R L A I Z Police E Plaza P Z T L T S P E EAD S R E N Alfred E. Smith Houses C O I T S L I S D O K A Municipal P L M T Building E S Murray E R H.S. T AV O Bergtraum N F TH E E T FIN RS S C EST MBE 0 100 200 300 400 Feet CHA City Hall Tweed Courthouse City Hall Park B R O O K L Y N B R I D G E A C C E S S R A M P S FRANKFORT ST DOVER ST NYU T S Downtown L Hospital R A E P SouthbridgeTowers Pace T QS U E E N S D University L O G MANHATTAN B EEK PROJECT SITE B R O O K L Y N Z PL RY LU DE 1999 Street Closures Legend Barriers installed in 1999 Delta Barrier Locations One Police Plaza Security Plan EIS Chapter 1: Project Description Action condition in this EIS: • Madison Street between Avenue of the Finest and Pearl Street (full closure) • Avenue of the Finest between Madison Street and Park Row (full closure except for motor vehicles destined to the municipal garage) • Pearl Street between Park Row and Madison Street (partial closure - southbound direction only) As part of another unrelated action, in early 2001, an EAS was prepared for the Public Safety Answering Center II (CEQR No. 01NYP002M), to be located in an existing building at 109-113 Park Row. The EAS analyzed the closure of the 400-space municipal garage to the public, and a negative declaration was issued on June 12, 2001. The garage was then officially closed to the public on June 30, 2001. However, following the events of September 11, 2001, the NYPD decided not to go forward with the above-mentioned project and the building remained vacant. The municipal garage was rehabilitated and re-opened to NYPD authorized vehicles in April 2004. As the closure of the municipal garage occurred prior to the post-9/11 security plan, it is also included in this EIS as part of the No-Action condition. B. PROJECT PURPOSE AND NEED While the New York City Police Department headquarters at One Police Plaza had been considered a sensitive location at risk of attack and requiring implementation of certain security measures, following the events of September 11, 2001, the NYPD determined that there was a need for heightened security, including the establishment of a “secure zone” around its headquarters. In the wake of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, NYPD’s Counter Terrorism Bureau conducted security assessments of numerous potential terrorist targets within New York City, including government and law enforcement facilities. Experience and research demonstrate that terrorists avoid “hardened” targets, which are targets that have been reinforced with barriers and other deterrents that make the target less vulnerable and accessible to attack. In assessing the security of One Police Plaza, the Counter Terrorism Bureau concluded that the “secure zone” created around the building immediately following the terrorist attacks should be maintained to prevent the possibility of a vehicle bomb attack on NYPD Headquarters. 1-2 One Police Plaza Security Plan EIS Chapter 1: Project Description C. DESCRIPTION OF ACTION As discussed above, following the events of September 11, 2001, a security plan was implemented that resulted in restricted use streets and the installation of attended security checkpoint booths, planters, bollards, and hydraulically-operated delta barriers to restrict the access of unauthorized vehicles from the roadways situated adjacent to the civic facilities located near One Police Plaza, including NYPD Headquarters, the New York State Supreme Court, and the United States Courthouse. All but two sets of barriers were installed by the NYPD. Security barriers located at Park Row and Foley Square and at Pearl Street on the west side of Park Row, were installed by the United States Marshals Service (“USMS”) and are not part of the NYPD’s action. As shown in Figure 1-4, security checkpoint locations for vehicular access have been installed at the following locations: • Park Row, west of Worth Street • Park Row, near the Brooklyn Bridge • Pearl Street at Foley Square • Pearl Street on the west side of Park Row • Pearl Street at St. James Place • Madison Street at St. James Place • Avenue of the Finest at Pearl Street • Rose Street at Frankfort Street • Northbound Park Row Brooklyn Bridge off-ramp Four of the above checkpoints also include sally ports - two delta barriers on the same roadway that allow a vehicle to be immobilized for inspection. Sally ports have been erected at the following checkpoints: • Madison Street at St. James Place • Pearl Street at St. James Place • Avenue of the Finest at Pearl Street • Park Row west of Worth Street As a result of these security measures, the following streets within immediate proximity to One Police Plaza are open only to authorized vehicles: • Park Row, between approximately Worth Street and the Brooklyn Bridge • Pearl Street, between Foley Square and St.
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