Ny B10 Former Commissioner Oem Richard Scheirer Fdr- Entire Contents- Handwritten Notes And Press Reports (1st Pgs For Reference) 502
This document was uploaded by user and they confirmed that they have the permission to share it. If you are author or own the copyright of this book, please report to us by using this DMCA report form. Report DMCA
Overview
Download & View Ny B10 Former Commissioner Oem Richard Scheirer Fdr- Entire Contents- Handwritten Notes And Press Reports (1st Pgs For Reference) 502 as PDF for free.
More details
- Words: 8,503
- Pages: 25
/9/11 Personal Privacy
„
f
W^K-—
/
<*"**'4.
/
t&Q -fcTW/-
%
c^
0&>r*
GIULIANI PARTNERS
Richard Sheirer Tel: 212-931-7379
May 10, 2004 George, Enclosed are the following background articles/study: Staten Island Advance Article: OEM The eyes and ears of the city' 04/01/01. by Ryan Lillis NYPD Spring 3100, Volume 59, Issue 2 1996, article: 'Deputy Commissioner Administration Richard Sheirer by Sgt. Theresa C. Tobin The Wall Street Journal 'Aide to Mayor Quietly Handles New York Rescue Effort' September 21, 2001, by Jared Sandberg CBSNEWS.com: '48 Hours at Ground Zero', New York, September 28,2001 New York Magazine: 'Man Behind the Mayor' October 15, 2001, by Amanda Griscom Associated Press: 'City official who coordinated emergency operations during WTC attack steps down' March 28, 2002, by Sara Kugler Kennedy School of Government Case Program#CR15-03-1681.0 'Ruby Giuliani: The Man and His Moment1
I think they provide a picture of what I've done and who I am and what's important to me. I've included items that are pre OEM, pre the 9/11 attack and during and as I retired. If there is anything else I can provide, or any way I can help, let me know.
Giuliani Partners LLC 5 Times Square New York, NY 10036-6530
Kennedy School of Government Case Program
CR15-03-1681.0
Rudy Giuliani: The Man and His Moment "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership." John Kenneth Galbraith, The Age of Uncertainty "Many of [Mayor Giuliani's] strengths were exemplified, expanded upon, during [the September llth] crisis: the leadership skills, the extraordinary capability to deal with crisis, the ability to project calmness in the face of catastrophe, the ability to lead and coordinate. [Pause.] Some of the character traits that caused that dislike by many in the city, that's still there. But, nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect." Willliam Bratton, Former New York City Police Commission
The Man, The Mayor "Priest in a Pinstriped Suit."1 The grandson of Italian Catholic immigrants, Rudy Giuliani nearly entered the priesthood at age seventeen. Dissuaded by his parents, who cherished hopes for grandchildren, he enrolled instead at Manhattan College in the Bronx. Under his father's tutelage, the young Giuliani had developed a stark sense of right and wrong. Harold Giuliani was a dedicated father and, having been convicted as a young man of armed robbery, was determined
1
Andrew Kirtzman, Rudy Giuliani: Emperor of the City, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2000, p. 5.
This case was written by Hannah Riley, Assistant Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Taiya Smith, Research Assistant, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University with the support of the Center for Public Leadership. (0303) Copyright © 2003 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, call 1-888-640-4945, fax 215-682-5092, email [email protected], or write the Case Program Sales Office, DocNet, Inc. 411 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 116, Exton, PA 19341. No part of this publication may be reproduced, revised, translated, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise— without the written permission of the Case Program Sales Office at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
NEW USERS REGISTER
News Site Search
Page 1 of 3
Sports
Business
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE
Firefighter's suit allowed to go on Judge takes a swipe at both the NYPD and FDNY, calling them 'two competing cults' in his written decision BY WILLIAM MURPHY STAFF WRITER
I Email this story I Printer friendly format
SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD AP TOP NEWS TRAVEL SPORTS SCORES TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST MARINE FORECAST
CONTACT US
NY Newsday.com
ST. PATRICK'S DAY 2002 BRAWL
Go!
CROSSWORDS
* HOME DELIVERS
Ent«
April 28, 2004 Top Stories
Calling the police and fire departments "two competing Alan King dies at 76 cults," a federal judge has refused to throw out a firefighter's lawsuit stemming from a St. Patrick's Day street g Bush praises RUmsfe|d fight with off-duty police officers two years ago. amjc| scanc j a | Firefighter Brian Gill of Staten Island can sue for false arrest on grounds that police and ambulance workers did not give him medical attention while he was coughing up blood in a police holding cell, the judge ruled.
B Kerry takes communion despite stance rfc
m Slain Chechen Gill was charged with assault in the third degree, although president is buried he claimed he was coming to the aid of another firefighter who was being beaten by off-duty police officers, according m Scientists Find New to court documents. Way to Attack TB All charges against Gill were dismissed June 26, 2002, according to a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet in Manhattan. The decision was printed yesterday in the New York Law Journal. The judge identified Gill as a member of the Fire Department, but the department said he was not sworn in until February 2003. Lawyers for the city declined to comment on the ruling.
ARCHIVES
The lengthy court decision depicted a night of drunken fighting inside and outside of Connolly's bar in Manhattan. "... St. Patrick's Day 2002 produced an instance of imbibition ending in a fight between members of two competing cults, between members of the New York City Police Department and the New York City Fire Department," Sweet wrote. Gill showed up about 10:30 p.m. at the bar, where other off-duty firefighters and police officers had been drinking. He came upon some of the officers beating a firefighter, according to the court papers. He got involved in the fight and was beaten. Gill at first was put in an ambulance, but was taken out and escorted to the local station house, although he was not formally in custody. Police said in court papers that Gill was put in a holding cell, where he fell asleep, or became unconscious, and began vomiting blood. He repeatedly asked for medical help, the lawsuit said, and city ambulance workers who were at the station house on another matter saw him, but police allegedly refused to let them help him. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc. \ licensing and reprint options
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny -nycult283777014apr28,0,5411697.story
5/10/2004
, Newsday.com - News Columnists
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
> HOME DELIVERS
News Sports Business Entertainment Multimedia Marketplace NY Newsday.com Long Island | New York City | Nation | World | Health/Science | State | Obituaries | Columnists Student Briefing | Schools | Crime & Courts | Politics | Long Island Life | Our Towns | Corrections Monday, May 10, 2004
Leonard Levitt
ONE POLICE PLAZA: In Madrid, NYPD gets cold shoulder March 19, 2004 Site Search
iGoj HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
Now that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has given the Intelligence Division a national and international mandate, its detectives are discovering that life outside New York City is no bowl of cherries. The detectives have received sour receptions in New Jersey, Boston and now Spain.
More Photos NYC Photos FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD
Ente
Recent Columns
la He who speaks last fares well May 7, 2004
M Kelly's issues with free Kelly dispatched the Intel detectives to Spain after last press week's terrorist bombings in Madrid that killed 202 people. Apr 30, 2004 Kelly said this week that the detectives will remain there, "as long as they're helpful and providing crucial information."
Q
m Horsing with their health? Apr 23, 2004
But a law enforcement official familiar with the situation said Q pension b d aets bia the Spanish National Police, who are conducting the backer bombing investigation, refused to meet with them. Apr 16 2004 According to the official, the Spanish National Police called the American embassy's legal attache in Madrid to say they Unconventional had no time for the NYPD and sought to continue working surveillance with the FBI. Apr 9, 2004 "The SNP was aware two NYPD detectives were on the way or were already there and wanted nothing to do with them," the official said. "We don't know if contact was ever made with the Spanish National Police. The FBI never heard from the two."
SPECIAL REPORT 10 years of pain
Email this story 13 O Printer friendly format
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne did not return a call seeking comment. The detectives' reception in Spain was just the latest rebuff for traveling Intel detectives. Last month, they went to Boston to either (choose your own word here) observe, attend or spy on a group of political demonstrators. The NYPD was apparently concerned the group might demonstrate at the Republican National Convention here in August and September.
Top Stories ESi
B Alan King dies at 76 Q H Bush praises Rumsfeld amid scandal
B Kerry takes communion despite stance m Slain Chechen president is buried Q la Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplazl 93714076mar 19,0,494492.column?... 5/10/2004
- News Columnists MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
150 Years-'dtiS£emr;\'l-p .v- , i ' . . - > -
HOME DELIVERS
Activity Guide • Schedule of Events • Memorable Moments • Virtual Touts
NOW ON
News Sports Business Entertainment Multimedia Marketplace NY Newsday.com Long Island | New York City | Nation | World | Health/Science | State | Obituaries | Columnists Student Briefing | Schools] Crime & Courts | Politics | Long Island Life | Our Towns | Corrections
ONE POLICE PLAZA
Leonard Levitt Kelly's issues with free press April 30, 2004
Site Search HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS Multimedia
TODAY'S PHOTOS Week in pictures More Photos NYC Photos FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD
When Michael Bloomberg ran for mayor, he promised a more "transparent" Police Department than had existed under Rudolph Giuliani.
O Email this story J3 Bl Printer friendly format
Res Ug Tra W* Cat Hoi Hea Entt
Recent Columns
m He who speaks last Instead, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is out-Giuliani-ing fares well Giuliani. May 7, 2004 Here's what happened to two television reporters just doing § Kelly's issues with free their job and reporting events Kelly doesn't want the public press to know about. Apr 30, 2004 Let's begin with WABC-TV's Sarah Wallace. Last week, Wallace came up with a tape made by Sgt. John Marchisotto that showed the inside of the Staten Island video surveillance unit. Marchisotto said he gave Wallace the tape to expose corruption inside the unit.
M Horsing with their health? Apr 23, 2004
Q
m Pension bid gets big backer Apr 16, 2004
When she started asking questions, Kelly's right-hand man, Paul Browne, and his boys in the public information office - Q i.e. Deputy Chief Mike Collins - threatened to pull her press B Unconventional surveillance card. Apr 9, 2004 "We didn't reveal any police secrets," said a source at the television station. "There was no issue of security. We violated no police procedure. The film showed only the inside of a room." Next, Browne called Wallace's news director, Kenny Plotnick. Plotnick called the station's lawyer, Townsend Davis, who contacted the city's corporation counsel. The Police Department backed off its threat.
Top Stories OS
m Alan King dies at 76
ES m Bush praises Rumsfeld amid scandal Q m Kerry takes communion despite stance
Yesterday at a City Council hearing, police officials admitted Wallace's reporting was correct: There were abuses within the surveillance unit.
m Slain Chechen president is buried
Now let's turn to NY1 reporter Gary Anthony Ramsay.
Q m FDA to probe cancer potential of Furan
Q
He said that a month ago he entered the Internal Affairs office on Hudson Street, a supposedly secret hideaway that anyone can wander into by merely taking the elevator.
AP TOP NEWS Ramsay said he was then taken to the department's public information office by
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplaz303779774apr30,0,4098977.column?... 5/10/2004
- News Columnists
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
> HOME DELIVER1!
Kids making a difference
com
you
News Sports Business Entertainment Multimedia Marketplace NY Newsday.com Long Island | New York City | Nation | World | Health/Science | State | Obituaries | Columnists Student Briefing | Schools | Crime & Courts | Politics | Long Island Life | Our Towns | Corrections f Ol/lJLJtBB-JnLAW~t.?%J
Monday, May 10, 2004
ONE POLICE PLAZA
Leonard Levitt
Cops not happy with PA police official's return April 2, 2004
Charlie DiRienzo, superintendent of the Port Authority Police, is returning to the NYPD at the behest of his old friend Ray Kelly. HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
• More Photos • NYC Photos • FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD APTOP NEWS
Ente
Recent Columns E3
m He who speaks last But many city cops may not be so happy to see him. Their fares well union says Kelly and DiRienzo prevented the Port Authority May 7, 2004 from hiring city officers. M Kelly's issues with free The Port Authority expanded its force to 1,653 after the press Sept. 11 terror attack, hiring 532 officers, 316 of them from Apr 30, 2004 the NYPD. Then, say union officials in both agencies, Q someone put the kibosh on hiring any more. m Horsing with their health? In issuing a no-confidence vote against Kelly after he said Apr 23, 2004 Officer Richard Neri's shooting of an unarmed black ES teenager in Brooklyn did not appear to be justified, a Pension bid gets big Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch backer said Kelly had also prevented NYPD cops from joining the Apr 16, 2004 Port Authority police. Q Top union officials suspected Kelly and DiRienzo had come B Unconventional surveillance to an arrangement. About 75 to 100 NYPD officers were Apr 9, 2004 subsequently rejected by the authority for medical or psychological reasons, the union officials told Newsday. Top Stories A top Port Authority official who asked for anonymity said he doubted any such arrangement existed.
TODAY'S PHOTOS Week in pictures
H Email this story jg & Printer friendly format
H Alan King dies at 76
H Bush praises Rumsfeld DiRienzo declined to comment. Tony Ciavolella, a Port amid scandal Authority spokesman, would not confirm or deny the number of NYPD cops rejected or say whether they were la Kerry takes for psychological reasons, citing "privacy concerns." Kelly's communion despite stance spokesman, Paul Browne, did not respond to questions about the matter. H Slain Chechen president is buried Meanwhile, at One Police Plaza, many note that since returning as commissioner two years ago, Kelly has chosen confidantes who are all civilians, not chiefs. a Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB DiRienzo, 60, appears to be the exception. Kelly and DiRienzo, who served in the department from 1965 to 1998, go back at least two decades to when Kelly ran the 106th Precinct in Queens and
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplaz023736202apr02,0,7778172.column?... 5/10/2004
Page 1 of2
Newsday.com - AP Regional
MEMBERS LOGIN
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
NEW USERS REGISTER
l-.X
BROWSE realtor listings
com News Sports
* HOME DELIVERS
x. Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
Assembly reviewing state bid for emergency radio network By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer
H Email this story & Printer friendly format
May 4, 2004, 6:38 PM EOT Top Stories
ALBANY, N.Y. - The state Assembly's most prominent investigative committee will review what is expected to be the creation of a billion-dollar emergency radio network announced late Friday by the Pataki administration.
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND
Assembly corporations committee Chairman Richard Brodsky said Tuesday he will seek to determine the cost of the contract that the Pataki administration announced Friday, the lobbying by the winner, M/A-Com (pronounced MAY-com), and its lobbyist, former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato. Brodsky said he'll also look into the environmental effects of the tower-based system on the Adirondacks and Catskills.
la Accounting fraud trial of Cendant starts
Ente
Q m Giuliani talks about leadership at World Business Forum Q a Blood shortage forecast for summer
M New York Midday Lottery Glance
NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD
He said "informal discussions" have revealed M/A-Com bid g Former nurse Cullen about $1 billion for the project while the other firm in the admits to a killing in competition, Motorola, bid near S3 billion. Warren County
HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES
"But we have no confidence in the accuracy of these figures," said the Westchester Democrat who wouldn't say if the informal discussions were with Pataki administration officials. "We don't want this to be a project that was low balled then change-ordered to death." He referred to the process of "change orders" that drive up the cost of a project after its award to conform to the original specifications.
OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
When Gov. George Pataki was asked Tuesday whether the disparity between the two bids raised a concern, he said: "I think people should look and see what New York does very well and this is to provide for emergency preparation and emergency response as well or better than any other state in America and it's something that has been and always will be a priority of mine." He referred questions about the bids and their estimates and why the project reported increased in price from $300 million to about $1 billion to the state Office for Technology, which continued to decline comment Tuesday.
SPECIAL REPORT 10 years of pain
More Photos NYC Photos FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast
"The OFT went through this and did a very detailed and clear analysis," Pataki said. "We told them to make sure obviously, because of the magnitude and importance of the project, to have a high level of comfort, and they did." He said there are no plans to put towers in wilderness protected by the constitution as "forever wild," as environmentalists fear, but stopped short of saying no towers would be built there.
EVENTS MOVIES FOOD
The Office for Technology announced on Friday that the contract would go to M/A-Com. Spokesman Rob Roddy on Tuesday continued to withhold the figure, saying it would put the state in a competitive disadvantage as the final price is negotiated.
AP TOP NEWS
http://wvAv.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny~emergencyradio0504may04,0,24514...
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
5> HOME DELIVERS
The Freshest Job Leads Site Search
News Sports Business Monday, May 10, 2004
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
EXPLORING DISASTER SECURITY HOMEPAGE
Ray Sanchez
LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
Railways1 emergency preparedness off track May 6, 2004
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD APTOP NEWS TRAVEL SPORTS SCORES TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST MARINE FORECAST CROSSWORDS CONTACT US
New York's next disaster exercise will be staged a week from Sunday, early in the morning, around the Bowling Green subway station on the nearly deserted southern tip of Manhattan.
Email this story Bd Printer friendly format Recent Columns Ed a His obsession with uncluttering map
"Operation Transit-Safe," as the city Office of Emergency Management is calling the drill, will take place exactly 66 days after commuter train bombings by terrorists in Madrid killed 191 people and wounded 2,000. The early hour insures sparse mass transit use and vehicle traffic.
May 10, 2004
In Madrid, mass-casualty attacks again proved the stock and trade of terrorist groups like al-Qaida, Christopher Boucek was saying on the phone from London yesterday. Subway systems, by their very nature, are almost indefensible.
Q la New map on right track
"You can't tell people, 'Before you get on the subway, show up two hours in advance,'" said Boucek, editor of Jane's Homeland Security and Resilience Monitor at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "That's not going to work."
ARCHIVES
The institute is a think tank affiliated with the British Defense Ministry. Subscribers to Jane's Homeland Security include first responders, security chiefs for multinational corporations, utilities and government agencies.
Entt
B Railways' emergency preparedness off track May 6, 2004
May 3, 2004
E& 9 Waiting for a train that never comes Apr 29, 2004
Q B A false sense of security Apr 26, 2004 Top Stories
Alan King dies at 76
Q m Bush praises Rumsfeld Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, law enforcement amid scandal has been more visible on subway security. During this ESi summer's Republican National Convention at Madison a Kerry takes Square Garden, police officers with bomb-sniffing dogs will communion despite stance check every commuter and subway train bound for Penn Station - 3,000 trains a day. O, m Slain Chechen president is buried The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's "see something, say something" poster campaign urges riders to report suspicious packages or activity on the trains or a Scientists Find New platforms. Last year, New York City Transit started Way to Attack TB providing fire and evacuation training for its 2,900 subway conductors. So far, 302 conductors have been trained. "Ultimately, it's the riding public and staff of these systems that need to know how to respond," said Boucek, who grew up in Chicago. "I doubt, in my own experience, that very many American cities have thought that through."
http://\vww.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nysub063789592may06,0,855267.column
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
» BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
> HOME DELIVER1!
The Freshest Job Leads News Sports Site Search
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND
Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NYPD/FDNY TERROR PROTOCOL
Giuliani: Only one in charge STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
|
May 7, 2004
'
NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
NY Newsday.com
I Email this story I Printer friendly format Top Stories
Either the Police Department or the Fire Department should be in charge at the scene of a terrorist incident, but not both, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said yesterday.
Alan King dies at 76
. . . . . . . . . . x. -L x•" Busn P raises Rumsfeld And who s in charge should depend on the situation, he amj( j scanc j a | said during an address to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Enu
"If the terrorists are in the building or the terrorists are in the ™ Kerry takes incident, then the Police Department or the FBI has to be in communion despite stance charge," he said. "But if the terrorists are not alive in the Q building, then the Fire Department should probably run the H Slain Chechen rescue effort." president is buried
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES
The Fire Department and Police Department have been struggling to work out a long-delayed protocol on how to handle major emergencies.
m Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB
FOOD AP TOP NEWS TRAVEL
The lack of a written protocol has led to a series of nasty incidents between police and firefighters over the years. Most notably, the disorganization was blamed for a lack of cooperation in the hours and days after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
SPORTS SCORES TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST
By October, the city and every other locality in the country will need a formal response protocol to qualify for Homeland Security funds. Failure to have a plan could cost the city millions in aid.
MARINE FORECAST CROSSWORDS CONTACT US ARCHIVES
Giuliani also said the U.S. needs to keep its presence in Iraq. "I think we're roughly halfway to the goal of destabilizing and reducing the power of global terrorism," he said, citing the removal of Saddam Hussein, the arrests of al-Qaida members, the freezing of terrorists' financial assets and the passage of the Patriot Act. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc. \ licensing and reprint options
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nyrudy07379153 Imay07,0,2125705 .story
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - AP Regional
Page 1 of2
NEW USERS REGISTER
MEMBERS LOGIN
3. BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Meet a person who h long Isl an d a bi
•com News
Sports
HOME DELIVER1!
Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
FCC: No room yet for states1 emergency radio networks By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer
Email this story Printer friendly format
May 8, 2004, 1:52 PM EOT Top Stories
ALBANY, N.Y. - States creating emergency radio networks |aj Giuliani talks about hastened by the Sept. ^ ^ attacks have no place for the leadership at World signal to go and may have to wait five years before there's Business Forum enough room on the airwaves, according to federal officials.
Site Search
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND
For example, New York's estimated $1 billion contract for an emergency network, announced April 30, has no place to operate on the broadcast spectrum at this time, Federal Communications Commission officials said. Those channels nationwide are being used by mostly religious and ethnic television stations and they don't have to give them up.
NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
The broadcasters would have to make the channels available when they are required to operate as digital television channels, but there's no estimate for when that will be, said FCC spokeswoman Michelle Russo. Those broadcasters could be forced from the channels when 85 percent of their customers can receive digital signals, but progress is lagging and an original estimate of 2006 will be
Entt
m Blood shortage forecast for summer a New York Midday Lottery Glance Q m Former nurse Cullen admits to a killing in Warren County
a Law will let dry cleaners give away clothing after six months missed.
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
TODAY'S PHOTOS Week in pictures
• More Photos • NYC Photos • FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS
"We have a mandate for them to broadcast in digital and eventually they will," Russo said. "We don't know (when) at this point." FCC officials said one proposal hopes to have a usable frequency available in 2009. The emergency radio systems would replace a patchwork of sometimes unreliable signals. California, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey and Washington passed legislation to create the wireless networks in 2003, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The importance of such communications between fire, police and other emergency responders in disasters was underscored in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said Bob Boernerof the NCSL. Tennessee, Pennsylvania and other states began considering such systems shortly after the attacks. The number of states with plans to establish networks or expand existing systems using the frequency the FCC hopes to eventually free for public safety communications wasn't available Friday. The New York State Office for Technology expects the emergency channels to be usable on Dec. 31, 2006. Until then, the state plans to use other available frequencies and add additional channels as they become available.
MOVIES FOOD AP TOP NEWS
"We're highly confident in the technical aspects of this proposal and it will result in the creation of a comprehensive and effective emergency communication network," OTA spokesman Rob Roddy said Saturday.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny~emergencyradio0508may08,0,20801...
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
» BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
HOME DELIVER'!
HAPPENEDoN I It]; [fl H 1.\1 News Site Search
Sports
Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION
I Go: HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
Emergency protocol coining The pressure is on to spell out exactly who is in charge of what when police and fire units work the same event, and funding is at stake BY WILLIAM MURPHY AND DAN JAMISON STAFF WRITERS, Staff writer Sean Gardiner contributed to this story.
Ent<
FEATURES OBITUARIES
With a federal Sept. 11 hearing scheduled here in just two weeks, the Police and Fire departments are likely to work out a long-delayed protocol on how they handle major emergencies, several sources said.
PHOTOS
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD APTOP NEWS TRAVEL SPORTS SCORES
Top Stories
May 6, 2004
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT
H Email this story O Printer friendly format
Over the past few decades, the Police and Fire departments have worked under a hand-stitched series of understandings, resulting in sometimes violent disagreements at emergencies.
B Alan King dies at 76
OS B Bush praises Rumsfeld amid scandal a Kerry takes communion despite stance Q
a Slain Chechen president is buried
Come October, the city and every other locality in America Q will have to have a formal response protocol in place to B Scientists Find New qualify for Homeland Security funds. Failure to do so could Way to Attack TB cost the city tens, if not hundreds of millions, of dollars in lost future aid.
TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST MARINE FORECAST CROSSWORDS CONTACT US ARCHIVES
The Bloomberg administration is also trying to head off criticism from members of the 9/11 panel by having a protocol in place before the hearings on May 18 and 19, sources in both departments and their unions said. The city could be embarrassed if, two years and eight months after the most recent attack on the World Trade Center, there is no formal response system in place for a future emergency.
FIND
The Republican National Convention opening here in August is another reason that a protocol needs to be ironed out soon. The city and its Republican mayor could be shamed if something went wrong and the federally mandated response system was not in place, according to sources. The lack of a written protocol has led to a series of nasty incidents between police and firefighters over the years. Most notably, the disorganization was blamed for a lack of cooperation in the hours and days after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. "One could write a book on this: The Battle of the Badges: 180 Years of Rivalry Unimpeded by Cooperation,'" one source said. "Is this really serving the public good?" It has been eight years since Gov. George Pataki decreed that the state have formal procedures for responding to emergencies. The policies are variously called an Incident Response System, an Incident Command System or an Incident Management System. Such systems are in place for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and many other federal, state and local agencies. Pataki issued his executive order March 5, 1996, well after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993 and well before the Sept. 11, 2001, attack that brought
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nyemer063789590may06,0,l 549667.story
5/10/2004
RICHARD J. SHEIRER Richard Sheirer joined Giuliani Partners LLC as a Senior Vice President on April 8, 2002 after ending his 34-year career in public safety serving those who live, work or visited the City of New York. Mayor Giuliani appointed Richard Sheirer Director of Emergency Management in February 2000 after Sheirer had served 28 years with the New York City Fire Department and almost four years with the New York City Police Department. Sheirer's career began as a Fire Alarm Dispatcher in December 1967, rising through the supervisor and management ranks to become Chief of Dispatch Operations in 1989, Assistant Fire Commissioner in 1992, and Deputy Fire Commissioner in 1994. In April 1996, the Mayor appointed Sheirer Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Chief of Staff to Commissioner Howard Safir at the New York City Police Department. In February 2000 Sheirer was appointed Director of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management and on December 31, 2001, Mayor Giuliani's last personnel action of his administration was to appoint Sheirer New York City's first Commissioner of Emergency Management and the City's Director of Homeland Security, a position he held until his retirement. Among his accomplishments at the Fire Department were the policy to provide improved life-saving resuscitator services for the public; planning for Operation Sail 1976 and other major special events; implemented a successful multi-agency False Fire Alarm reduction effort; developed the FIRECAP program where children and adults can turn to the firehouse in their community or to any Firefighter for assistance and the FIREWORKS KILL project, which has significantly reduced the use of illegal fireworks, which had historically been the cause of numerous injuries and fires. While at the NYPD, he worked closely with local, state and federal law enforcement on various issues, including even more aggressive efforts to further reduce illegal fireworks; had oversight responsibility for all major department bureaus and played a key role in the development of the Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect (CPR) Strategy; the major drug initiatives in Northern Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan and the creation of the Gang Suppression Unit. He was responsible for the planning and coordination of major events such as the Yankee World Series; the John Glenn and Sammy Sosa parades; and was an initial member of the City's Thanksgiving Day Parade Task Force, a role he continued while heading OEM. Additionally, the Mayor appointed Commissioner Sheirer as the City's Director of Public Safety and Security for the Millennium Celebration and OpSail & International Naval Review 2000. Commissioner Sheirer managed OEM, the agency which is the "eyes and ears of the City." Under his direction OEM served a number of roles, among them: monitoring ongoing emergency responses throughout the City; becoming the "arms and legs of the City" as the on-scene coordinating agency for multi-agency incidents; OEM directs overall general emergency planning, as well as the City's specialized planning for mass transit emergencies involving New York City Transit, MTA, AMTRAK, Port Authority Airports and Trans Hudson Tubes as well as response to Weapons of Mass Destruction - Chemical, Biological and Nuclear acts of Terrorism. Under Commissioner Sheirer, the City implemented the largest Public Access Defibrillator Program in the world; he re-energized the Citywide Rodent Task Force; managed outbreaks of the West
Nile Virus with the Department of Health; planned for Coastal Storms which may result in the evacuation of 250,000 to 900,000 New Yorkers to pre-planned reception areas and shelters. After September 11, 2001, OEM coordinated the largest response, recovery and cleanup effort in American history at the World Trade Center. After losing the OEM offices and its Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in 7 World Trade Center, at that moment in time when the City needed it most on 9/11; under Sheirer's direction the OEM staff used all their experience, expertise and ingenuity to rebuild an EOC, which was critical to the success in coordinating the enormous inter-agency operation. In addition, Commissioner Sheirer and the OEM staff worked with the Mayor's Office to address the needs of families of uniformed and civilian victims, including coordinating efforts with the New York Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol to address the unique needs of foreign citizens and their families affected by the attack. In October 2002, "in recognition of his outstanding dedication and effort in organizing the recovery operation at Ground Zero following the Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 and of the contribution made to helping the relatives of the British victims" Mr. Sheirer was awarded an Honorary CBE (Commander of the British Empire) bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II. Commissioner Sheirer graduated from St. Francis College, Brooklyn, in 1976 with a BA in Political Science and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. John's University in January 2002, an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Manhattanville College in May 2002 and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Baruch College in May 2002. He has been married to Barbara (Winston) for 30 years. They reside on Staten Island and have five sons, Matthew, Joseph, Christopher, Andrew and Paul.
Page 1 of3
Staten Island Live - News
Minimum balance to open an account.
news
INSIDE News:
Sponsored by:
OEM 'The eyes and ears of the city' The Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, headed by Dongan Hills resident Richard Sheirer, is the secret hi-tech war room where city agency officials prepare for anything
» Daily Poll » Obituaries » Columnists » Opinions/Editorials » News Flash » Weather » Lottery Results » SI 2000 » The Traffic Mess » Forum
j|, Looking %i| fora
04/01/01 By RYAN LILLIS ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
.-.=:•'..,$$ Better .
iJJ.'iMS'S1'*1
silive.com/home3
This is the bunker, this is the war room. This is where the defenders of the city will meet to fend off floods and snow and acts of biochemical terrorism.
About Us » » n » »
Contact Us User Agreement Privacy Policy Our Advertisers How to Advertise
©2001 Staten Island Live All rights reserved
In the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, (OEM) they prepare for ground zero on a daily basis, all the while taking on the tasks of routine disasters.
CLASSIFIEDS C^ » Find l Jtfb fo » Find a Car f£fr » Find a Horn* On » Find Mom Q » Piaoa anAd MARKETPLACE
From his corner office in this lower-Manhattan skyscraper, Richard J. Sheirer, the guy everyone around here calls Boss, is peering over the city on the first day of spring. Somewhere out there, in this town of 8 million, every new second brings with it the potential for mayhem.
» Find the perfect gift in The Staten Island Store! » Slaten Island Bid: Buy and sell at the online auction! » Post Your Resume » Shop Smarter
And we plan for the unthinkable," says Sheirer, a Dongan Hills resident and the director of OEM since Feb. 17, 2000.
» SIB increases regular Quarterly cash dividend bv
When OEM broke free of the Police Department in 1996 to become a branch of the mayor's office, the city got a high-tech center of weather radars and computer systems that help coordinate the dozens of public service agencies it takes to cope with disaster. At the middle of it all is Sheirer — who himself has more than 30 years of combined Fire and Police department experience -- and his staff of 68.
SPONSOR NEWS
» Send This Page
The eyes and ears of the city," is how Sheirer describes his crew. And then when something happens, we become the arms and legs. We can't fight the fires, but we think of everything else." Like when an arson fire shut down PS 36 in Annadale for a
ssf?/hase/news/98612970056591 .xml&cachetime=60
4/1/01
' New York Metro - New York Magazine Man Behind the Mayor AMANDA GRISCOM
Page 1 of 4
NEWYORKMETRO.COM
Tuesday, November 13, 2001
Traffic | Weather | Discussions | MetroTV | Emails to the Editors
lews | Restaurants | Shopping | Urban Strategist | Arts & Nightlife | Best of NY | Real Estate | Travel | Best Doctors | F Search Search Magazine Archives Contents • Best Bets Daily • Sales & Bargains • Restaurant Review • Restaurant Openings • Bites & Buzz • Columnists • Intelligencer • More This Week
WANT TO Man Behind the Mayor Until September 11, Richard Sheirer, director of the Office of Emergency Management, was mostly sweating the small stuff: burst water mains, power outages, rodent-control problems. Then, with his command center destroyed and his friends missing, he became the unsung hero of the hot zone - and one of the most powerful men in New York. BY AMANDA GRISCOM
FIND SOMETHING
SPECIAL?
COOLEST
jOn the morning of September 12, Richard jsheirer, director of the mayor's Office of Emergency Management, was scheduled to A guide to culture and upcoming events conduct a biological-terrorism drill in a cavernous commercial warehouse on the • Music & Nightlife Hudson. Known as tripod — short for "trial point of • Theater distribution" — the exercise was to test how quickly •Arl Sheirer's staff could administer treatments at the kind of ad •Kids • Classical & Dance hoc medical centers that would be set up all over the city in ! Mix the event of an actual attack. For an audience, Sheirer had lined up Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the police and fire commissioners, and representatives of the FBI and the Invitations Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He had Register Now to win access to hired over 1,000 Police Academy cadets and Fire NY's hottest events. Department trainees to play terrified civilians afflicted with See past party photos various medical conditions, allergies, and panic attacks. He had even arranged for a shipment of 70,000 M&Ms to be Newsletter Sign Up! delivered and divided by color into medical packets representing different prophylactics and vaccines. But the Restaurant Insider M&Ms never arrived. In *• II *fThis Week
,EST CLICK To See This Week's Picks— and Sign Up To Get Best Bets In Your e-mail Every Day, For FREE
Get the weekly restaurant review in advance.
On the morning of September 11, Sheirer got to City Hall at 8 a.m. for a meeting about the Jackie Robinson-Pee Wee Reese memorial planned for Coney Island. "I was in heaven, sitting between Ralph Branca and Joe Black," he remembers. "We were about to select the statue, and then we heard the pop." At first he thought a transformer had Best Bets Daily New York's coolest products and exploded in an underground substation. Then he got a best sales. flash report from Watch Command in OEM headquarters. [Enter Your EmaiM
ONLY ON NCWVOMCMCTnO-COM
lEnter Your Email \ features
As his driver barreled down Broadway, Sheirer recalls, "my first move was to clear the streets so we could get emergency vehicles in and people out." He radioed the police department and told them to shut down traffic below Canal Street and close
httn://www.n.vrnae.com/page.cfin?page id=5270
RELATED LINKS
Archives Table of Contents The Crash After the Crash What Troubles Our Sleep /-v. .i n~«.*
11/13/2001
v-.oo.iNews.com: Print This Story
page j of 3
®CBSNEWS.com 48 Hours At Ground Zero NEW YORK, Sept. 28,2001
It's 8:48 on Tuesday morning, two weeks to the minute that the first hijacked jet crashed into the World Trade Center. At Ground Zero, where more than 6,000 people are still missing, the solemn search for any sign of life goes on. But even this vital work must stop to remember the thousands who are lost somewhere in these mountains of debris. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Fellini has been at Ground Zero since the first hours of the attack. "Almost everyone knew someone. I've met five or six firefighter fathers looking for sons and sons looking for their fathers." 48 Hours was granted unprecedented access to both Ground Zero and the command center of New York's Office of Emergency Management. An army of 20,000 city, state and federal workers as well as volunteers are on the front lines, carefully sifting through debris. While Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been leading the public charge, his top general is an unassuming career bureaucrat named Richard Sheirer. Sheirer, a father of five who has worked for the city for 34 years, is director of the mayor's Office of Emergency Management, the agency that is the nerve center of the rescue-and-recovery effort. "Our job is to coordinate the many agencies," he says. "We have well over 100 agencies and usually 300 to 500 people here 24 hours a day." Sheirer's job has been to make tough decisions over the past 17 days. On Sept. 11, for example, after the two planes hit the two towers, he asked the police to crash their helicopters into any other planes that might be attacking the towers. "There are a lot of decisions you have to make and we were all making, that when we get to sit down and think about them, they will haunt us," he says. The city's original command center was destroyed when World Trade Center Number 7 collapsed hours after the twin towers fell. Within 48 hours, Sheirer and his people found and built a new command center inside a massive pier. Engineers pore over old maps and create new ones; the FBI tracks its investigators in the field; the sanitation department directs its trucks at Ground Zero, and a weather station watches approaching storms. It's an impressive operation, but Sheirer is modest about it. "I'm not a hero," he says. "I'm just a guy who does his work. The real heroes are down at the World Trade Center who work 22 hours a day." Some of those heroes are about to pull down what's left of one of the twin towers. By early evening, the top of the wall comes down. As night falls, Ground Zero becomes a dramatic landscape of destruction bathed in stadium light. Sheirer finds the place painful. "There are a lot of friends of mine still in there, fellows whose fathers are friends of mine and I want to give them the dignity and respect they deserve," he says. He has been touched by efforts from all over, including one resue team who spent its own money and drove 58 hours with no pay to work there. Everyone is on a mission, he says: "Twenty-four hours a day you come down here and you think it's high noon, and that's the way it's gotta be."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stnriRs/9nni/no/OS//! cv,™
SPRING 3100 THE MAGAZINE FOR THE DEPARTMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT
VOL 59/ISSUE 2
1996
Print Results
fdCtlVSL,,
Page 1 of 2
Dow Jones & Reuters
1HE WALL STREET JOURNAL Aide to Mayor Quietly Handles New York Rescue Effort By Jared Sandberg Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 774 words 21 September 2001 The Wall Street Journal A10 English (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) There he Is again standing behind New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. But unlike most of the politicos that itch for the microphone at the mayor's news conferences since the World Trade Center attacks, this stout, bear of a man with glasses and graying hair isn't looking for air time. He only seems to speak when asked and whispers answers in the mayor's ear. As the director of the mayor's Office of Emergency Management, Richard J. Sheirer may be better known for preparing New Yorkers for a heat wave or fighting against the city's growing rat population. But after the terrorist attack and the immense multiagency effort to recover from it, Mr. Sheirer has emerged as Mayor Giuliani's top fixer. "I'm a general who is really just a corporal," says Mr. Sheirer, his Brooklyn accent muffling his Rs. "I just wanna get the job done." The mayor clearly relies heavily on his inner circle of officials and an overwhelming number of agencies, corporations and politicians who have stepped up without being asked. But privately, people close to the mayor say much of the weight of the relief effort -- and the logistical nightmares that accompany it — fall on the shoulders of Mr. Sheirer, or "Richie" as he is called. Set up in 1996, the OEM coordinates the city's response to all emergency conditions that require multiple agencies. It monitors emergency radio frequencies and keeps tabs on events here and abroad. In a time of disaster like last week's, the OEM's Watch Command becomes a main communications and logistics hub. That gives Mr. Sheirer a significant amount of operational control over the rescue. Managerially, the former firealarm dispatcher is an unflappable master of understatement, as if years of sounding alarms made him cautious to trip them. Described as a caring man, he seems to remember the names of every firefighter who perished. Mostly, he is known for his low profile. Nicholas Scopetta, commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services says: "There's absolutely no ego. He's a patient man who hears everyone but is very decisive." The response to the Trade Center's collapse wasn't perfect. But to most who witnessed the catastrophe, no emergency drill would adequately prepare crews for what happened after the planes crashed into the buildings. "There was nothing on the face of this earth that would prepare you for that," Mr. Sheirer says. The trick of organizing such a massive effort is straightforward, he says. His efforts last Tuesday amounted to a constant struggle to set up a communications center. "If I don't have the right information," he says, "I can't help anybody." He and other officials tried to set up command posts in the World Trade Center and moved them after subsequent explosions. In the chaos that followed, Mr. Sheirer set up triage posts and sealed off lower Manhattan to avoid the same traffic jams that slowed the emergency effort during the 1993 bombing.
htto://e1oba1. factiva.com/en/arch/nrint results asn
s.nnr\r\A
Print Results
tlVa
Page 1 of 2
Dow Jones ft Reuters
Associated Press City official who coordinated emergency operations during WTC attack steps down By SARA KUGLER
Associated Press Writer 392 words 28 March 2002 02:55 pm Associated Press Newswires English Copyright 2002. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (AP) - The man who directed emergency operations during the World Trade Center attacks has stepped down as head of the city's Office of Emergency Management. Richard Sheirer was coordinating evacuations, rescues and triage as the twin towers collapsed Sept. 11, calling for harbor and air protection, and shutting down the streets of lower Manhattan. In the months since, Sheirer has directed the massive recovery and cleanup operation at the site. "We did what you do always - you adapt," said Sheirer, 55, standing on a ramp leading into the seven-story pit at ground zero on Thursday. "We took all the planning we had done for coastal storms, for bioterrorism, for all hazards, our experience with water mains, with fires, with collapses, and we used every bit of that experience to deal with this." Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani tapped Sheirer in February 2000, when snowstorms and water main breaks were considered emergencies. Before the terror attacks, Sheirer's most intense day as director was a July 2000 explosion and building collapse that killed three people. "Richard Sheirer is one of my heroes," Giuliani said. "He's one of the people I relied on the most in getting the city through Sept. 11." Sheirer, a former fire department dispatcher who rose through its ranks before becoming police department chief of staff, lost dozens of friends in the attacks. His eyes still well with tears when friends' remains are found. A stout man with a round face and big glasses, he embraces firefighters, one after another, when he goes to ground zero. Slowly however, New York's emergency services are regrouping. The first of 86 firetrucks ordered to replace those lost Sept. 11 was delivered to a downtown firehouse on Thursday. The 100-foot aerial ladder truck, painted with a fluttering American flag and the image of a firefighter raising a flag at ground zero, was commissioned for Ladder Company 10. The company and Engine 10, which were among the first to respond to the attacks, lost four firefighters and its vehicles when the twin towers collapsed. As for Sheirer, he plans to join Giuliani as a consultant on public safety issues. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has not yet named his successor. Rush AP Photo NY1 19 Document aprs000020020328dy3sOOwvh
„
f
W^K-—
/
<*"**'4.
/
t&Q -fcTW/-
%
c^
0&>r*
GIULIANI PARTNERS
Richard Sheirer Tel: 212-931-7379
May 10, 2004 George, Enclosed are the following background articles/study: Staten Island Advance Article: OEM The eyes and ears of the city' 04/01/01. by Ryan Lillis NYPD Spring 3100, Volume 59, Issue 2 1996, article: 'Deputy Commissioner Administration Richard Sheirer by Sgt. Theresa C. Tobin The Wall Street Journal 'Aide to Mayor Quietly Handles New York Rescue Effort' September 21, 2001, by Jared Sandberg CBSNEWS.com: '48 Hours at Ground Zero', New York, September 28,2001 New York Magazine: 'Man Behind the Mayor' October 15, 2001, by Amanda Griscom Associated Press: 'City official who coordinated emergency operations during WTC attack steps down' March 28, 2002, by Sara Kugler Kennedy School of Government Case Program#CR15-03-1681.0 'Ruby Giuliani: The Man and His Moment1
I think they provide a picture of what I've done and who I am and what's important to me. I've included items that are pre OEM, pre the 9/11 attack and during and as I retired. If there is anything else I can provide, or any way I can help, let me know.
Giuliani Partners LLC 5 Times Square New York, NY 10036-6530
Kennedy School of Government Case Program
CR15-03-1681.0
Rudy Giuliani: The Man and His Moment "All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership." John Kenneth Galbraith, The Age of Uncertainty "Many of [Mayor Giuliani's] strengths were exemplified, expanded upon, during [the September llth] crisis: the leadership skills, the extraordinary capability to deal with crisis, the ability to project calmness in the face of catastrophe, the ability to lead and coordinate. [Pause.] Some of the character traits that caused that dislike by many in the city, that's still there. But, nobody's perfect. Nobody's perfect." Willliam Bratton, Former New York City Police Commission
The Man, The Mayor "Priest in a Pinstriped Suit."1 The grandson of Italian Catholic immigrants, Rudy Giuliani nearly entered the priesthood at age seventeen. Dissuaded by his parents, who cherished hopes for grandchildren, he enrolled instead at Manhattan College in the Bronx. Under his father's tutelage, the young Giuliani had developed a stark sense of right and wrong. Harold Giuliani was a dedicated father and, having been convicted as a young man of armed robbery, was determined
1
Andrew Kirtzman, Rudy Giuliani: Emperor of the City, New York: HarperCollins Publishers Inc., 2000, p. 5.
This case was written by Hannah Riley, Assistant Professor, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, and Taiya Smith, Research Assistant, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University with the support of the Center for Public Leadership. (0303) Copyright © 2003 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials, call 1-888-640-4945, fax 215-682-5092, email [email protected], or write the Case Program Sales Office, DocNet, Inc. 411 Eagleview Boulevard, Suite 116, Exton, PA 19341. No part of this publication may be reproduced, revised, translated, stored in a retrieval system, used in a spreadsheet, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise— without the written permission of the Case Program Sales Office at the John F. Kennedy School of Government
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
NEW USERS REGISTER
News Site Search
Page 1 of 3
Sports
Business
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE
Firefighter's suit allowed to go on Judge takes a swipe at both the NYPD and FDNY, calling them 'two competing cults' in his written decision BY WILLIAM MURPHY STAFF WRITER
I Email this story I Printer friendly format
SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD AP TOP NEWS TRAVEL SPORTS SCORES TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST MARINE FORECAST
CONTACT US
NY Newsday.com
ST. PATRICK'S DAY 2002 BRAWL
Go!
CROSSWORDS
* HOME DELIVERS
Ent«
April 28, 2004 Top Stories
Calling the police and fire departments "two competing Alan King dies at 76 cults," a federal judge has refused to throw out a firefighter's lawsuit stemming from a St. Patrick's Day street g Bush praises RUmsfe|d fight with off-duty police officers two years ago. amjc| scanc j a | Firefighter Brian Gill of Staten Island can sue for false arrest on grounds that police and ambulance workers did not give him medical attention while he was coughing up blood in a police holding cell, the judge ruled.
B Kerry takes communion despite stance rfc
m Slain Chechen Gill was charged with assault in the third degree, although president is buried he claimed he was coming to the aid of another firefighter who was being beaten by off-duty police officers, according m Scientists Find New to court documents. Way to Attack TB All charges against Gill were dismissed June 26, 2002, according to a decision by U.S. District Court Judge Robert Sweet in Manhattan. The decision was printed yesterday in the New York Law Journal. The judge identified Gill as a member of the Fire Department, but the department said he was not sworn in until February 2003. Lawyers for the city declined to comment on the ruling.
ARCHIVES
The lengthy court decision depicted a night of drunken fighting inside and outside of Connolly's bar in Manhattan. "... St. Patrick's Day 2002 produced an instance of imbibition ending in a fight between members of two competing cults, between members of the New York City Police Department and the New York City Fire Department," Sweet wrote. Gill showed up about 10:30 p.m. at the bar, where other off-duty firefighters and police officers had been drinking. He came upon some of the officers beating a firefighter, according to the court papers. He got involved in the fight and was beaten. Gill at first was put in an ambulance, but was taken out and escorted to the local station house, although he was not formally in custody. Police said in court papers that Gill was put in a holding cell, where he fell asleep, or became unconscious, and began vomiting blood. He repeatedly asked for medical help, the lawsuit said, and city ambulance workers who were at the station house on another matter saw him, but police allegedly refused to let them help him. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc. \ licensing and reprint options
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny -nycult283777014apr28,0,5411697.story
5/10/2004
, Newsday.com - News Columnists
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
> HOME DELIVERS
News Sports Business Entertainment Multimedia Marketplace NY Newsday.com Long Island | New York City | Nation | World | Health/Science | State | Obituaries | Columnists Student Briefing | Schools | Crime & Courts | Politics | Long Island Life | Our Towns | Corrections Monday, May 10, 2004
Leonard Levitt
ONE POLICE PLAZA: In Madrid, NYPD gets cold shoulder March 19, 2004 Site Search
iGoj HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
Now that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has given the Intelligence Division a national and international mandate, its detectives are discovering that life outside New York City is no bowl of cherries. The detectives have received sour receptions in New Jersey, Boston and now Spain.
More Photos NYC Photos FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD
Ente
Recent Columns
la He who speaks last fares well May 7, 2004
M Kelly's issues with free Kelly dispatched the Intel detectives to Spain after last press week's terrorist bombings in Madrid that killed 202 people. Apr 30, 2004 Kelly said this week that the detectives will remain there, "as long as they're helpful and providing crucial information."
Q
m Horsing with their health? Apr 23, 2004
But a law enforcement official familiar with the situation said Q pension b d aets bia the Spanish National Police, who are conducting the backer bombing investigation, refused to meet with them. Apr 16 2004 According to the official, the Spanish National Police called the American embassy's legal attache in Madrid to say they Unconventional had no time for the NYPD and sought to continue working surveillance with the FBI. Apr 9, 2004 "The SNP was aware two NYPD detectives were on the way or were already there and wanted nothing to do with them," the official said. "We don't know if contact was ever made with the Spanish National Police. The FBI never heard from the two."
SPECIAL REPORT 10 years of pain
Email this story 13 O Printer friendly format
NYPD spokesman Paul Browne did not return a call seeking comment. The detectives' reception in Spain was just the latest rebuff for traveling Intel detectives. Last month, they went to Boston to either (choose your own word here) observe, attend or spy on a group of political demonstrators. The NYPD was apparently concerned the group might demonstrate at the Republican National Convention here in August and September.
Top Stories ESi
B Alan King dies at 76 Q H Bush praises Rumsfeld amid scandal
B Kerry takes communion despite stance m Slain Chechen president is buried Q la Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplazl 93714076mar 19,0,494492.column?... 5/10/2004
- News Columnists MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
150 Years-'dtiS£emr;\'l-p .v- , i ' . . - > -
HOME DELIVERS
Activity Guide • Schedule of Events • Memorable Moments • Virtual Touts
NOW ON
News Sports Business Entertainment Multimedia Marketplace NY Newsday.com Long Island | New York City | Nation | World | Health/Science | State | Obituaries | Columnists Student Briefing | Schools] Crime & Courts | Politics | Long Island Life | Our Towns | Corrections
ONE POLICE PLAZA
Leonard Levitt Kelly's issues with free press April 30, 2004
Site Search HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS Multimedia
TODAY'S PHOTOS Week in pictures More Photos NYC Photos FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD
When Michael Bloomberg ran for mayor, he promised a more "transparent" Police Department than had existed under Rudolph Giuliani.
O Email this story J3 Bl Printer friendly format
Res Ug Tra W* Cat Hoi Hea Entt
Recent Columns
m He who speaks last Instead, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly is out-Giuliani-ing fares well Giuliani. May 7, 2004 Here's what happened to two television reporters just doing § Kelly's issues with free their job and reporting events Kelly doesn't want the public press to know about. Apr 30, 2004 Let's begin with WABC-TV's Sarah Wallace. Last week, Wallace came up with a tape made by Sgt. John Marchisotto that showed the inside of the Staten Island video surveillance unit. Marchisotto said he gave Wallace the tape to expose corruption inside the unit.
M Horsing with their health? Apr 23, 2004
Q
m Pension bid gets big backer Apr 16, 2004
When she started asking questions, Kelly's right-hand man, Paul Browne, and his boys in the public information office - Q i.e. Deputy Chief Mike Collins - threatened to pull her press B Unconventional surveillance card. Apr 9, 2004 "We didn't reveal any police secrets," said a source at the television station. "There was no issue of security. We violated no police procedure. The film showed only the inside of a room." Next, Browne called Wallace's news director, Kenny Plotnick. Plotnick called the station's lawyer, Townsend Davis, who contacted the city's corporation counsel. The Police Department backed off its threat.
Top Stories OS
m Alan King dies at 76
ES m Bush praises Rumsfeld amid scandal Q m Kerry takes communion despite stance
Yesterday at a City Council hearing, police officials admitted Wallace's reporting was correct: There were abuses within the surveillance unit.
m Slain Chechen president is buried
Now let's turn to NY1 reporter Gary Anthony Ramsay.
Q m FDA to probe cancer potential of Furan
Q
He said that a month ago he entered the Internal Affairs office on Hudson Street, a supposedly secret hideaway that anyone can wander into by merely taking the elevator.
AP TOP NEWS Ramsay said he was then taken to the department's public information office by
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplaz303779774apr30,0,4098977.column?... 5/10/2004
- News Columnists
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
> HOME DELIVER1!
Kids making a difference
com
you
News Sports Business Entertainment Multimedia Marketplace NY Newsday.com Long Island | New York City | Nation | World | Health/Science | State | Obituaries | Columnists Student Briefing | Schools | Crime & Courts | Politics | Long Island Life | Our Towns | Corrections f Ol/lJLJtBB-JnLAW~t.?%J
Monday, May 10, 2004
ONE POLICE PLAZA
Leonard Levitt
Cops not happy with PA police official's return April 2, 2004
Charlie DiRienzo, superintendent of the Port Authority Police, is returning to the NYPD at the behest of his old friend Ray Kelly. HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
• More Photos • NYC Photos • FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD APTOP NEWS
Ente
Recent Columns E3
m He who speaks last But many city cops may not be so happy to see him. Their fares well union says Kelly and DiRienzo prevented the Port Authority May 7, 2004 from hiring city officers. M Kelly's issues with free The Port Authority expanded its force to 1,653 after the press Sept. 11 terror attack, hiring 532 officers, 316 of them from Apr 30, 2004 the NYPD. Then, say union officials in both agencies, Q someone put the kibosh on hiring any more. m Horsing with their health? In issuing a no-confidence vote against Kelly after he said Apr 23, 2004 Officer Richard Neri's shooting of an unarmed black ES teenager in Brooklyn did not appear to be justified, a Pension bid gets big Patrolmen's Benevolent Association president Pat Lynch backer said Kelly had also prevented NYPD cops from joining the Apr 16, 2004 Port Authority police. Q Top union officials suspected Kelly and DiRienzo had come B Unconventional surveillance to an arrangement. About 75 to 100 NYPD officers were Apr 9, 2004 subsequently rejected by the authority for medical or psychological reasons, the union officials told Newsday. Top Stories A top Port Authority official who asked for anonymity said he doubted any such arrangement existed.
TODAY'S PHOTOS Week in pictures
H Email this story jg & Printer friendly format
H Alan King dies at 76
H Bush praises Rumsfeld DiRienzo declined to comment. Tony Ciavolella, a Port amid scandal Authority spokesman, would not confirm or deny the number of NYPD cops rejected or say whether they were la Kerry takes for psychological reasons, citing "privacy concerns." Kelly's communion despite stance spokesman, Paul Browne, did not respond to questions about the matter. H Slain Chechen president is buried Meanwhile, at One Police Plaza, many note that since returning as commissioner two years ago, Kelly has chosen confidantes who are all civilians, not chiefs. a Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB DiRienzo, 60, appears to be the exception. Kelly and DiRienzo, who served in the department from 1965 to 1998, go back at least two decades to when Kelly ran the 106th Precinct in Queens and
http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplaz023736202apr02,0,7778172.column?... 5/10/2004
Page 1 of2
Newsday.com - AP Regional
MEMBERS LOGIN
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
NEW USERS REGISTER
l-.X
BROWSE realtor listings
com News Sports
* HOME DELIVERS
x. Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
Assembly reviewing state bid for emergency radio network By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer
H Email this story & Printer friendly format
May 4, 2004, 6:38 PM EOT Top Stories
ALBANY, N.Y. - The state Assembly's most prominent investigative committee will review what is expected to be the creation of a billion-dollar emergency radio network announced late Friday by the Pataki administration.
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND
Assembly corporations committee Chairman Richard Brodsky said Tuesday he will seek to determine the cost of the contract that the Pataki administration announced Friday, the lobbying by the winner, M/A-Com (pronounced MAY-com), and its lobbyist, former U.S. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato. Brodsky said he'll also look into the environmental effects of the tower-based system on the Adirondacks and Catskills.
la Accounting fraud trial of Cendant starts
Ente
Q m Giuliani talks about leadership at World Business Forum Q a Blood shortage forecast for summer
M New York Midday Lottery Glance
NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD
He said "informal discussions" have revealed M/A-Com bid g Former nurse Cullen about $1 billion for the project while the other firm in the admits to a killing in competition, Motorola, bid near S3 billion. Warren County
HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES
"But we have no confidence in the accuracy of these figures," said the Westchester Democrat who wouldn't say if the informal discussions were with Pataki administration officials. "We don't want this to be a project that was low balled then change-ordered to death." He referred to the process of "change orders" that drive up the cost of a project after its award to conform to the original specifications.
OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
When Gov. George Pataki was asked Tuesday whether the disparity between the two bids raised a concern, he said: "I think people should look and see what New York does very well and this is to provide for emergency preparation and emergency response as well or better than any other state in America and it's something that has been and always will be a priority of mine." He referred questions about the bids and their estimates and why the project reported increased in price from $300 million to about $1 billion to the state Office for Technology, which continued to decline comment Tuesday.
SPECIAL REPORT 10 years of pain
More Photos NYC Photos FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast
"The OFT went through this and did a very detailed and clear analysis," Pataki said. "We told them to make sure obviously, because of the magnitude and importance of the project, to have a high level of comfort, and they did." He said there are no plans to put towers in wilderness protected by the constitution as "forever wild," as environmentalists fear, but stopped short of saying no towers would be built there.
EVENTS MOVIES FOOD
The Office for Technology announced on Friday that the contract would go to M/A-Com. Spokesman Rob Roddy on Tuesday continued to withhold the figure, saying it would put the state in a competitive disadvantage as the final price is negotiated.
AP TOP NEWS
http://wvAv.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny~emergencyradio0504may04,0,24514...
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
> BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
5> HOME DELIVERS
The Freshest Job Leads Site Search
News Sports Business Monday, May 10, 2004
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
EXPLORING DISASTER SECURITY HOMEPAGE
Ray Sanchez
LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
Railways1 emergency preparedness off track May 6, 2004
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD APTOP NEWS TRAVEL SPORTS SCORES TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST MARINE FORECAST CROSSWORDS CONTACT US
New York's next disaster exercise will be staged a week from Sunday, early in the morning, around the Bowling Green subway station on the nearly deserted southern tip of Manhattan.
Email this story Bd Printer friendly format Recent Columns Ed a His obsession with uncluttering map
"Operation Transit-Safe," as the city Office of Emergency Management is calling the drill, will take place exactly 66 days after commuter train bombings by terrorists in Madrid killed 191 people and wounded 2,000. The early hour insures sparse mass transit use and vehicle traffic.
May 10, 2004
In Madrid, mass-casualty attacks again proved the stock and trade of terrorist groups like al-Qaida, Christopher Boucek was saying on the phone from London yesterday. Subway systems, by their very nature, are almost indefensible.
Q la New map on right track
"You can't tell people, 'Before you get on the subway, show up two hours in advance,'" said Boucek, editor of Jane's Homeland Security and Resilience Monitor at the Royal United Services Institute in London. "That's not going to work."
ARCHIVES
The institute is a think tank affiliated with the British Defense Ministry. Subscribers to Jane's Homeland Security include first responders, security chiefs for multinational corporations, utilities and government agencies.
Entt
B Railways' emergency preparedness off track May 6, 2004
May 3, 2004
E& 9 Waiting for a train that never comes Apr 29, 2004
Q B A false sense of security Apr 26, 2004 Top Stories
Alan King dies at 76
Q m Bush praises Rumsfeld Since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, law enforcement amid scandal has been more visible on subway security. During this ESi summer's Republican National Convention at Madison a Kerry takes Square Garden, police officers with bomb-sniffing dogs will communion despite stance check every commuter and subway train bound for Penn Station - 3,000 trains a day. O, m Slain Chechen president is buried The Metropolitan Transportation Authority's "see something, say something" poster campaign urges riders to report suspicious packages or activity on the trains or a Scientists Find New platforms. Last year, New York City Transit started Way to Attack TB providing fire and evacuation training for its 2,900 subway conductors. So far, 302 conductors have been trained. "Ultimately, it's the riding public and staff of these systems that need to know how to respond," said Boucek, who grew up in Chicago. "I doubt, in my own experience, that very many American cities have thought that through."
http://\vww.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nysub063789592may06,0,855267.column
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
» BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
> HOME DELIVER1!
The Freshest Job Leads News Sports Site Search
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND
Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NYPD/FDNY TERROR PROTOCOL
Giuliani: Only one in charge STAFF AND WIRE REPORTS
|
May 7, 2004
'
NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
NY Newsday.com
I Email this story I Printer friendly format Top Stories
Either the Police Department or the Fire Department should be in charge at the scene of a terrorist incident, but not both, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani said yesterday.
Alan King dies at 76
. . . . . . . . . . x. -L x•" Busn P raises Rumsfeld And who s in charge should depend on the situation, he amj( j scanc j a | said during an address to the Council on Foreign Relations.
Enu
"If the terrorists are in the building or the terrorists are in the ™ Kerry takes incident, then the Police Department or the FBI has to be in communion despite stance charge," he said. "But if the terrorists are not alive in the Q building, then the Fire Department should probably run the H Slain Chechen rescue effort." president is buried
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES
The Fire Department and Police Department have been struggling to work out a long-delayed protocol on how to handle major emergencies.
m Scientists Find New Way to Attack TB
FOOD AP TOP NEWS TRAVEL
The lack of a written protocol has led to a series of nasty incidents between police and firefighters over the years. Most notably, the disorganization was blamed for a lack of cooperation in the hours and days after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center.
SPORTS SCORES TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST
By October, the city and every other locality in the country will need a formal response protocol to qualify for Homeland Security funds. Failure to have a plan could cost the city millions in aid.
MARINE FORECAST CROSSWORDS CONTACT US ARCHIVES
Giuliani also said the U.S. needs to keep its presence in Iraq. "I think we're roughly halfway to the goal of destabilizing and reducing the power of global terrorism," he said, citing the removal of Saddam Hussein, the arrests of al-Qaida members, the freezing of terrorists' financial assets and the passage of the Patriot Act. Copyright © 2004, Newsday, Inc. \ licensing and reprint options
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nyrudy07379153 Imay07,0,2125705 .story
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - AP Regional
Page 1 of2
NEW USERS REGISTER
MEMBERS LOGIN
3. BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
Meet a person who h long Isl an d a bi
•com News
Sports
HOME DELIVER1!
Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
FCC: No room yet for states1 emergency radio networks By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer
Email this story Printer friendly format
May 8, 2004, 1:52 PM EOT Top Stories
ALBANY, N.Y. - States creating emergency radio networks |aj Giuliani talks about hastened by the Sept. ^ ^ attacks have no place for the leadership at World signal to go and may have to wait five years before there's Business Forum enough room on the airwaves, according to federal officials.
Site Search
HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND
For example, New York's estimated $1 billion contract for an emergency network, announced April 30, has no place to operate on the broadcast spectrum at this time, Federal Communications Commission officials said. Those channels nationwide are being used by mostly religious and ethnic television stations and they don't have to give them up.
NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
The broadcasters would have to make the channels available when they are required to operate as digital television channels, but there's no estimate for when that will be, said FCC spokeswoman Michelle Russo. Those broadcasters could be forced from the channels when 85 percent of their customers can receive digital signals, but progress is lagging and an original estimate of 2006 will be
Entt
m Blood shortage forecast for summer a New York Midday Lottery Glance Q m Former nurse Cullen admits to a killing in Warren County
a Law will let dry cleaners give away clothing after six months missed.
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT FEATURES OBITUARIES PHOTOS
Multimedia
TODAY'S PHOTOS Week in pictures
• More Photos • NYC Photos • FeedRoom Videos Find It Fast EVENTS
"We have a mandate for them to broadcast in digital and eventually they will," Russo said. "We don't know (when) at this point." FCC officials said one proposal hopes to have a usable frequency available in 2009. The emergency radio systems would replace a patchwork of sometimes unreliable signals. California, Florida, Kentucky, New Jersey and Washington passed legislation to create the wireless networks in 2003, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The importance of such communications between fire, police and other emergency responders in disasters was underscored in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, said Bob Boernerof the NCSL. Tennessee, Pennsylvania and other states began considering such systems shortly after the attacks. The number of states with plans to establish networks or expand existing systems using the frequency the FCC hopes to eventually free for public safety communications wasn't available Friday. The New York State Office for Technology expects the emergency channels to be usable on Dec. 31, 2006. Until then, the state plans to use other available frequencies and add additional channels as they become available.
MOVIES FOOD AP TOP NEWS
"We're highly confident in the technical aspects of this proposal and it will result in the creation of a comprehensive and effective emergency communication network," OTA spokesman Rob Roddy said Saturday.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny~emergencyradio0508may08,0,20801...
5/10/2004
Newsday.com - My News
MEMBERS LOGIN
Page 1 of 3
NEW USERS REGISTER
» BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP
HOME DELIVER'!
HAPPENEDoN I It]; [fl H 1.\1 News Site Search
Sports
Business
Entertainment
Multimedia
Marketplace
NY Newsday.com
INTERDEPARTMENTAL COOPERATION
I Go: HOMEPAGE LONG ISLAND NEW YORK CITY NATION WORLD HEALTH / SCIENCE SPORTS BUSINESS
Emergency protocol coining The pressure is on to spell out exactly who is in charge of what when police and fire units work the same event, and funding is at stake BY WILLIAM MURPHY AND DAN JAMISON STAFF WRITERS, Staff writer Sean Gardiner contributed to this story.
Ent<
FEATURES OBITUARIES
With a federal Sept. 11 hearing scheduled here in just two weeks, the Police and Fire departments are likely to work out a long-delayed protocol on how they handle major emergencies, several sources said.
PHOTOS
Find It Fast EVENTS MOVIES FOOD APTOP NEWS TRAVEL SPORTS SCORES
Top Stories
May 6, 2004
OPINION ENTERTAINMENT
H Email this story O Printer friendly format
Over the past few decades, the Police and Fire departments have worked under a hand-stitched series of understandings, resulting in sometimes violent disagreements at emergencies.
B Alan King dies at 76
OS B Bush praises Rumsfeld amid scandal a Kerry takes communion despite stance Q
a Slain Chechen president is buried
Come October, the city and every other locality in America Q will have to have a formal response protocol in place to B Scientists Find New qualify for Homeland Security funds. Failure to do so could Way to Attack TB cost the city tens, if not hundreds of millions, of dollars in lost future aid.
TRAFFIC 5-DAY FORECAST MARINE FORECAST CROSSWORDS CONTACT US ARCHIVES
The Bloomberg administration is also trying to head off criticism from members of the 9/11 panel by having a protocol in place before the hearings on May 18 and 19, sources in both departments and their unions said. The city could be embarrassed if, two years and eight months after the most recent attack on the World Trade Center, there is no formal response system in place for a future emergency.
FIND
The Republican National Convention opening here in August is another reason that a protocol needs to be ironed out soon. The city and its Republican mayor could be shamed if something went wrong and the federally mandated response system was not in place, according to sources. The lack of a written protocol has led to a series of nasty incidents between police and firefighters over the years. Most notably, the disorganization was blamed for a lack of cooperation in the hours and days after the 2001 attack on the World Trade Center. "One could write a book on this: The Battle of the Badges: 180 Years of Rivalry Unimpeded by Cooperation,'" one source said. "Is this really serving the public good?" It has been eight years since Gov. George Pataki decreed that the state have formal procedures for responding to emergencies. The policies are variously called an Incident Response System, an Incident Command System or an Incident Management System. Such systems are in place for the Federal Emergency Management Agency and many other federal, state and local agencies. Pataki issued his executive order March 5, 1996, well after the first terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in 1993 and well before the Sept. 11, 2001, attack that brought
http://www.newsday.com/mynews/ny-nyemer063789590may06,0,l 549667.story
5/10/2004
RICHARD J. SHEIRER Richard Sheirer joined Giuliani Partners LLC as a Senior Vice President on April 8, 2002 after ending his 34-year career in public safety serving those who live, work or visited the City of New York. Mayor Giuliani appointed Richard Sheirer Director of Emergency Management in February 2000 after Sheirer had served 28 years with the New York City Fire Department and almost four years with the New York City Police Department. Sheirer's career began as a Fire Alarm Dispatcher in December 1967, rising through the supervisor and management ranks to become Chief of Dispatch Operations in 1989, Assistant Fire Commissioner in 1992, and Deputy Fire Commissioner in 1994. In April 1996, the Mayor appointed Sheirer Deputy Commissioner of Administration and Chief of Staff to Commissioner Howard Safir at the New York City Police Department. In February 2000 Sheirer was appointed Director of the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management and on December 31, 2001, Mayor Giuliani's last personnel action of his administration was to appoint Sheirer New York City's first Commissioner of Emergency Management and the City's Director of Homeland Security, a position he held until his retirement. Among his accomplishments at the Fire Department were the policy to provide improved life-saving resuscitator services for the public; planning for Operation Sail 1976 and other major special events; implemented a successful multi-agency False Fire Alarm reduction effort; developed the FIRECAP program where children and adults can turn to the firehouse in their community or to any Firefighter for assistance and the FIREWORKS KILL project, which has significantly reduced the use of illegal fireworks, which had historically been the cause of numerous injuries and fires. While at the NYPD, he worked closely with local, state and federal law enforcement on various issues, including even more aggressive efforts to further reduce illegal fireworks; had oversight responsibility for all major department bureaus and played a key role in the development of the Courtesy, Professionalism and Respect (CPR) Strategy; the major drug initiatives in Northern Brooklyn and Upper Manhattan and the creation of the Gang Suppression Unit. He was responsible for the planning and coordination of major events such as the Yankee World Series; the John Glenn and Sammy Sosa parades; and was an initial member of the City's Thanksgiving Day Parade Task Force, a role he continued while heading OEM. Additionally, the Mayor appointed Commissioner Sheirer as the City's Director of Public Safety and Security for the Millennium Celebration and OpSail & International Naval Review 2000. Commissioner Sheirer managed OEM, the agency which is the "eyes and ears of the City." Under his direction OEM served a number of roles, among them: monitoring ongoing emergency responses throughout the City; becoming the "arms and legs of the City" as the on-scene coordinating agency for multi-agency incidents; OEM directs overall general emergency planning, as well as the City's specialized planning for mass transit emergencies involving New York City Transit, MTA, AMTRAK, Port Authority Airports and Trans Hudson Tubes as well as response to Weapons of Mass Destruction - Chemical, Biological and Nuclear acts of Terrorism. Under Commissioner Sheirer, the City implemented the largest Public Access Defibrillator Program in the world; he re-energized the Citywide Rodent Task Force; managed outbreaks of the West
Nile Virus with the Department of Health; planned for Coastal Storms which may result in the evacuation of 250,000 to 900,000 New Yorkers to pre-planned reception areas and shelters. After September 11, 2001, OEM coordinated the largest response, recovery and cleanup effort in American history at the World Trade Center. After losing the OEM offices and its Emergency Operation Center (EOC) in 7 World Trade Center, at that moment in time when the City needed it most on 9/11; under Sheirer's direction the OEM staff used all their experience, expertise and ingenuity to rebuild an EOC, which was critical to the success in coordinating the enormous inter-agency operation. In addition, Commissioner Sheirer and the OEM staff worked with the Mayor's Office to address the needs of families of uniformed and civilian victims, including coordinating efforts with the New York Commission for the United Nations, Consular Corps and Protocol to address the unique needs of foreign citizens and their families affected by the attack. In October 2002, "in recognition of his outstanding dedication and effort in organizing the recovery operation at Ground Zero following the Terrorist Attacks on the World Trade Center on 11 September 2001 and of the contribution made to helping the relatives of the British victims" Mr. Sheirer was awarded an Honorary CBE (Commander of the British Empire) bestowed by Queen Elizabeth II. Commissioner Sheirer graduated from St. Francis College, Brooklyn, in 1976 with a BA in Political Science and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from St. John's University in January 2002, an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Manhattanville College in May 2002 and an Honorary Doctor of Laws from Baruch College in May 2002. He has been married to Barbara (Winston) for 30 years. They reside on Staten Island and have five sons, Matthew, Joseph, Christopher, Andrew and Paul.
Page 1 of3
Staten Island Live - News
Minimum balance to open an account.
news
INSIDE News:
Sponsored by:
OEM 'The eyes and ears of the city' The Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, headed by Dongan Hills resident Richard Sheirer, is the secret hi-tech war room where city agency officials prepare for anything
» Daily Poll » Obituaries » Columnists » Opinions/Editorials » News Flash » Weather » Lottery Results » SI 2000 » The Traffic Mess » Forum
j|, Looking %i| fora
04/01/01 By RYAN LILLIS ADVANCE STAFF WRITER
.-.=:•'..,$$ Better .
iJJ.'iMS'S1'*1
silive.com/home3
This is the bunker, this is the war room. This is where the defenders of the city will meet to fend off floods and snow and acts of biochemical terrorism.
About Us » » n » »
Contact Us User Agreement Privacy Policy Our Advertisers How to Advertise
©2001 Staten Island Live All rights reserved
In the Mayor's Office of Emergency Management, (OEM) they prepare for ground zero on a daily basis, all the while taking on the tasks of routine disasters.
CLASSIFIEDS C^ » Find l Jtfb fo » Find a Car f£fr » Find a Horn* On » Find Mom Q » Piaoa anAd MARKETPLACE
From his corner office in this lower-Manhattan skyscraper, Richard J. Sheirer, the guy everyone around here calls Boss, is peering over the city on the first day of spring. Somewhere out there, in this town of 8 million, every new second brings with it the potential for mayhem.
» Find the perfect gift in The Staten Island Store! » Slaten Island Bid: Buy and sell at the online auction! » Post Your Resume » Shop Smarter
And we plan for the unthinkable," says Sheirer, a Dongan Hills resident and the director of OEM since Feb. 17, 2000.
» SIB increases regular Quarterly cash dividend bv
When OEM broke free of the Police Department in 1996 to become a branch of the mayor's office, the city got a high-tech center of weather radars and computer systems that help coordinate the dozens of public service agencies it takes to cope with disaster. At the middle of it all is Sheirer — who himself has more than 30 years of combined Fire and Police department experience -- and his staff of 68.
SPONSOR NEWS
» Send This Page
The eyes and ears of the city," is how Sheirer describes his crew. And then when something happens, we become the arms and legs. We can't fight the fires, but we think of everything else." Like when an arson fire shut down PS 36 in Annadale for a
ssf?/hase/news/98612970056591 .xml&cachetime=60
4/1/01
' New York Metro - New York Magazine Man Behind the Mayor AMANDA GRISCOM
Page 1 of 4
NEWYORKMETRO.COM
Tuesday, November 13, 2001
Traffic | Weather | Discussions | MetroTV | Emails to the Editors
lews | Restaurants | Shopping | Urban Strategist | Arts & Nightlife | Best of NY | Real Estate | Travel | Best Doctors | F Search Search Magazine Archives Contents • Best Bets Daily • Sales & Bargains • Restaurant Review • Restaurant Openings • Bites & Buzz • Columnists • Intelligencer • More This Week
WANT TO Man Behind the Mayor Until September 11, Richard Sheirer, director of the Office of Emergency Management, was mostly sweating the small stuff: burst water mains, power outages, rodent-control problems. Then, with his command center destroyed and his friends missing, he became the unsung hero of the hot zone - and one of the most powerful men in New York. BY AMANDA GRISCOM
FIND SOMETHING
SPECIAL?
COOLEST
jOn the morning of September 12, Richard jsheirer, director of the mayor's Office of Emergency Management, was scheduled to A guide to culture and upcoming events conduct a biological-terrorism drill in a cavernous commercial warehouse on the • Music & Nightlife Hudson. Known as tripod — short for "trial point of • Theater distribution" — the exercise was to test how quickly •Arl Sheirer's staff could administer treatments at the kind of ad •Kids • Classical & Dance hoc medical centers that would be set up all over the city in ! Mix the event of an actual attack. For an audience, Sheirer had lined up Mayor Rudy Giuliani, the police and fire commissioners, and representatives of the FBI and the Invitations Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). He had Register Now to win access to hired over 1,000 Police Academy cadets and Fire NY's hottest events. Department trainees to play terrified civilians afflicted with See past party photos various medical conditions, allergies, and panic attacks. He had even arranged for a shipment of 70,000 M&Ms to be Newsletter Sign Up! delivered and divided by color into medical packets representing different prophylactics and vaccines. But the Restaurant Insider M&Ms never arrived. In *• II *fThis Week
,EST CLICK To See This Week's Picks— and Sign Up To Get Best Bets In Your e-mail Every Day, For FREE
Get the weekly restaurant review in advance.
On the morning of September 11, Sheirer got to City Hall at 8 a.m. for a meeting about the Jackie Robinson-Pee Wee Reese memorial planned for Coney Island. "I was in heaven, sitting between Ralph Branca and Joe Black," he remembers. "We were about to select the statue, and then we heard the pop." At first he thought a transformer had Best Bets Daily New York's coolest products and exploded in an underground substation. Then he got a best sales. flash report from Watch Command in OEM headquarters. [Enter Your EmaiM
ONLY ON NCWVOMCMCTnO-COM
lEnter Your Email \ features
As his driver barreled down Broadway, Sheirer recalls, "my first move was to clear the streets so we could get emergency vehicles in and people out." He radioed the police department and told them to shut down traffic below Canal Street and close
httn://www.n.vrnae.com/page.cfin?page id=5270
RELATED LINKS
Archives Table of Contents The Crash After the Crash What Troubles Our Sleep /-v. .i n~«.*
11/13/2001
v-.oo.iNews.com: Print This Story
page j of 3
®CBSNEWS.com 48 Hours At Ground Zero NEW YORK, Sept. 28,2001
It's 8:48 on Tuesday morning, two weeks to the minute that the first hijacked jet crashed into the World Trade Center. At Ground Zero, where more than 6,000 people are still missing, the solemn search for any sign of life goes on. But even this vital work must stop to remember the thousands who are lost somewhere in these mountains of debris. Assistant Fire Chief Frank Fellini has been at Ground Zero since the first hours of the attack. "Almost everyone knew someone. I've met five or six firefighter fathers looking for sons and sons looking for their fathers." 48 Hours was granted unprecedented access to both Ground Zero and the command center of New York's Office of Emergency Management. An army of 20,000 city, state and federal workers as well as volunteers are on the front lines, carefully sifting through debris. While Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been leading the public charge, his top general is an unassuming career bureaucrat named Richard Sheirer. Sheirer, a father of five who has worked for the city for 34 years, is director of the mayor's Office of Emergency Management, the agency that is the nerve center of the rescue-and-recovery effort. "Our job is to coordinate the many agencies," he says. "We have well over 100 agencies and usually 300 to 500 people here 24 hours a day." Sheirer's job has been to make tough decisions over the past 17 days. On Sept. 11, for example, after the two planes hit the two towers, he asked the police to crash their helicopters into any other planes that might be attacking the towers. "There are a lot of decisions you have to make and we were all making, that when we get to sit down and think about them, they will haunt us," he says. The city's original command center was destroyed when World Trade Center Number 7 collapsed hours after the twin towers fell. Within 48 hours, Sheirer and his people found and built a new command center inside a massive pier. Engineers pore over old maps and create new ones; the FBI tracks its investigators in the field; the sanitation department directs its trucks at Ground Zero, and a weather station watches approaching storms. It's an impressive operation, but Sheirer is modest about it. "I'm not a hero," he says. "I'm just a guy who does his work. The real heroes are down at the World Trade Center who work 22 hours a day." Some of those heroes are about to pull down what's left of one of the twin towers. By early evening, the top of the wall comes down. As night falls, Ground Zero becomes a dramatic landscape of destruction bathed in stadium light. Sheirer finds the place painful. "There are a lot of friends of mine still in there, fellows whose fathers are friends of mine and I want to give them the dignity and respect they deserve," he says. He has been touched by efforts from all over, including one resue team who spent its own money and drove 58 hours with no pay to work there. Everyone is on a mission, he says: "Twenty-four hours a day you come down here and you think it's high noon, and that's the way it's gotta be."
http://www.cbsnews.com/stnriRs/9nni/no/OS//! cv,™
SPRING 3100 THE MAGAZINE FOR THE DEPARTMENT BY THE DEPARTMENT
VOL 59/ISSUE 2
1996
Print Results
fdCtlVSL,,
Page 1 of 2
Dow Jones & Reuters
1HE WALL STREET JOURNAL Aide to Mayor Quietly Handles New York Rescue Effort By Jared Sandberg Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal 774 words 21 September 2001 The Wall Street Journal A10 English (Copyright (c) 2001, Dow Jones & Company, Inc.) There he Is again standing behind New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani. But unlike most of the politicos that itch for the microphone at the mayor's news conferences since the World Trade Center attacks, this stout, bear of a man with glasses and graying hair isn't looking for air time. He only seems to speak when asked and whispers answers in the mayor's ear. As the director of the mayor's Office of Emergency Management, Richard J. Sheirer may be better known for preparing New Yorkers for a heat wave or fighting against the city's growing rat population. But after the terrorist attack and the immense multiagency effort to recover from it, Mr. Sheirer has emerged as Mayor Giuliani's top fixer. "I'm a general who is really just a corporal," says Mr. Sheirer, his Brooklyn accent muffling his Rs. "I just wanna get the job done." The mayor clearly relies heavily on his inner circle of officials and an overwhelming number of agencies, corporations and politicians who have stepped up without being asked. But privately, people close to the mayor say much of the weight of the relief effort -- and the logistical nightmares that accompany it — fall on the shoulders of Mr. Sheirer, or "Richie" as he is called. Set up in 1996, the OEM coordinates the city's response to all emergency conditions that require multiple agencies. It monitors emergency radio frequencies and keeps tabs on events here and abroad. In a time of disaster like last week's, the OEM's Watch Command becomes a main communications and logistics hub. That gives Mr. Sheirer a significant amount of operational control over the rescue. Managerially, the former firealarm dispatcher is an unflappable master of understatement, as if years of sounding alarms made him cautious to trip them. Described as a caring man, he seems to remember the names of every firefighter who perished. Mostly, he is known for his low profile. Nicholas Scopetta, commissioner of the Administration for Children's Services says: "There's absolutely no ego. He's a patient man who hears everyone but is very decisive." The response to the Trade Center's collapse wasn't perfect. But to most who witnessed the catastrophe, no emergency drill would adequately prepare crews for what happened after the planes crashed into the buildings. "There was nothing on the face of this earth that would prepare you for that," Mr. Sheirer says. The trick of organizing such a massive effort is straightforward, he says. His efforts last Tuesday amounted to a constant struggle to set up a communications center. "If I don't have the right information," he says, "I can't help anybody." He and other officials tried to set up command posts in the World Trade Center and moved them after subsequent explosions. In the chaos that followed, Mr. Sheirer set up triage posts and sealed off lower Manhattan to avoid the same traffic jams that slowed the emergency effort during the 1993 bombing.
htto://e1oba1. factiva.com/en/arch/nrint results asn
s.nnr\r\A
Print Results
tlVa
Page 1 of 2
Dow Jones ft Reuters
Associated Press City official who coordinated emergency operations during WTC attack steps down By SARA KUGLER
Associated Press Writer 392 words 28 March 2002 02:55 pm Associated Press Newswires English Copyright 2002. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. NEW YORK (AP) - The man who directed emergency operations during the World Trade Center attacks has stepped down as head of the city's Office of Emergency Management. Richard Sheirer was coordinating evacuations, rescues and triage as the twin towers collapsed Sept. 11, calling for harbor and air protection, and shutting down the streets of lower Manhattan. In the months since, Sheirer has directed the massive recovery and cleanup operation at the site. "We did what you do always - you adapt," said Sheirer, 55, standing on a ramp leading into the seven-story pit at ground zero on Thursday. "We took all the planning we had done for coastal storms, for bioterrorism, for all hazards, our experience with water mains, with fires, with collapses, and we used every bit of that experience to deal with this." Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani tapped Sheirer in February 2000, when snowstorms and water main breaks were considered emergencies. Before the terror attacks, Sheirer's most intense day as director was a July 2000 explosion and building collapse that killed three people. "Richard Sheirer is one of my heroes," Giuliani said. "He's one of the people I relied on the most in getting the city through Sept. 11." Sheirer, a former fire department dispatcher who rose through its ranks before becoming police department chief of staff, lost dozens of friends in the attacks. His eyes still well with tears when friends' remains are found. A stout man with a round face and big glasses, he embraces firefighters, one after another, when he goes to ground zero. Slowly however, New York's emergency services are regrouping. The first of 86 firetrucks ordered to replace those lost Sept. 11 was delivered to a downtown firehouse on Thursday. The 100-foot aerial ladder truck, painted with a fluttering American flag and the image of a firefighter raising a flag at ground zero, was commissioned for Ladder Company 10. The company and Engine 10, which were among the first to respond to the attacks, lost four firefighters and its vehicles when the twin towers collapsed. As for Sheirer, he plans to join Giuliani as a consultant on public safety issues. Mayor Michael Bloomberg has not yet named his successor. Rush AP Photo NY1 19 Document aprs000020020328dy3sOOwvh
Related Documents
More Documents from "9/11 Document Archive"
Letter To 9/11 Commission About John Kerry
April 2020 0
