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LOWER
-
MANHATTAN
CONSTRUCTION
COMMAND
CENTER
Facilitate,
Mitigate.
Communicate
Charles
Maikish
Executive
Director
April
12,
2006
PRIVILEGED
AND
CONFIDENTIAL
Robert
F.
Roach
Chief
of
Staff
NYC.
Department
of
Investigation
80Maiden
Lane
New
York,
NY
10038Dear
Mr.Roach:
I
write
to
you
in
response
to
your
letter
of
April
11,
2006
(the
"letter"),
regarding
130
Liberty
Street
---
the
Deutsche
Bank
Building.
Clearly,the
Lower
Manhattan
Construction
Command
Center
("LMCCC")
was
remiss
in
not
fully
communicating
with
the
Department
of
Investigation
("DOZ")
about
thisproject.
LMCCC
acknowledges,
that
it
did
not
ask
DOI
to
vet
the
John
GaitCorporation
beyond
the
request
for
a
name
check!
In
addition,
LMCCC
didnotask
DOI
to
vet
the
John
Galt
Corporation's
employment
of
NIx'tc
r
("Aivo")
and
D
Mle
("Adler")
on
the
130
Liberty
Street
prooject.
The
LMCCC
also
acknowledges
that
DOI
had
previouslyprovided
the
LMCCC
with
negative
inforrimation
regarding
Alvo
and
Adler.
LMCCC
had
recommended
to
the
Lower
ManhattanDevelopment
Corp.
("LMDC")
thatas
a
conditionto
the
John
Galt
Corporation
employing
Alvo
and
Adler,those
individuals
would
have
to
cooperate
with
DOI
in
its
ongoing
investigation
of
T
In
the
request
for
a
name
checkamongst
the
Lower
Manhattan
Constmction
Integrity
Team
("LMCIT")
of
which
DOI
is
a
member,
Ron
Calvosa
specifically
indicated
that
the
'John
Gait
Ca
oration
was
a
proposed
deconstruction
subcontractor
-tar
130
Liberty
Street.
In
addition,
Calvosa
ha3'aconversation
with
Mary
Piechockiin
whichhe
specifically
indicated
to
her
thatthis
request
;should
be
brought
to
your
attention.
Ina
subsequent
email
from
Piechocla
to
Calvosa,
she
indicated
that
she
was
waiting
for
information
fromyou
regarding
this
request.
-
One
Liberty
Plaza,
20th
Floor
New
York,
New
York10006
V.
212-587-9643
Fax
272-266-7810
Robert
F.
Roach
April
12,
2006Page
2
Safeway.
When
LMCCC
and
DOI
met
on
Februarv
2,
2006,
T
raised
the
possibility
of
conditioning
Alvo
andAdler
employmentdh
the
130
i
erty
treet
project
contingent
upon
their
cooperation
with
DOT.At
thattime,
DOT
indicated
that
it
would
take
the
matterunder
advisement.Admittedly,
LMCCC
did
not
consult
further
with
DOI
on
this
issue
prior
to
LMCCC
recommending
to
LMDC
that
this
be
included
as
a
condition
for
the
approval
of
thesubcontract
to
the
John
GaltCorporation.
I
would
also
liketoraise
the
following
two
points
which
are
in
need
of
clarification.
First,
decisions
regarding
whether
contractors
and
subcontractors
are
"responsible"'
are
up
to
LMDC.
In
this
instance,
information
obtained
as
a
result
of
the
LMCIT
name
check
(including
DOI's
response),
and
other
checks
performed
by
LMDC
and
its
outsideconsultant
were
reviewed
by
LMDC
who
made
a
determination
regardingthe
responsibility
of
the
John
Galt
Corporation.
Second,
in
footnote
No.
6ofyour
letter
you
indicatethatthe
conditions
regarding
the
approval
of
the
John
Galt
Corporation's
subcontract
"does
not
preclude
sucharrangementswith
individuals
who
could
be
as
non-
responsible
asconsultants
for
this
job."
The
inference
is
therefore
thatcertain
individuals
may
havebeen
precluded
from
being
employed
by
the
John
Galt
Corporation
may
be
broughton
in
a
consultant
role.
This
precise
arrangementhas
been
contemplated
and
is
addressed
and
precluded
inthe
first
condition
regarding
the
approval
of
the
subcontract.
The
first
condition
is:
"LMDC
at
this
time
approves
the
pending
request
to
employee
Mitchell
Alvoand
Don
Adler
but
Bovis
and
the
John
Galt
Corp.,
wi
ll
not
employee
or
utilize
the
services
of
any
otherseniorexecutives
,
principals,
or
owners
of
Safeway,
Environmental
Corp,
Dynamic
EquipmentCorpand
Big
Apple
Wrecking
Corp
or
their
successors
."(
Emphasis
added).
This
language
clearly
addresses
a
potential
consultant
relationship.
The
130
Liberty
Street
project
is
being
very
closely
supervised
and
scrutinized
by
a
variety
of
entities,
including
governmen
t
regulators.
In
addition,
there
is
an
Integrity
Monitor
assigned
to
oversee
this
entire
project.
The
activities
of
the
John
Galt
Corporation
will
be
closely
scrutinized.
If
Alva
or
Adler
engages
in
an
y
activity
which
demonstratesacontinued
connection
to
Safeway
or
ifthey
engage
in
any
illicit
activity,
we
will
immediately
demand
their
removal
from
this
project.
I
have
reviewed
with
Ron
Calvosa,
his
involveinentin
the
130
Liberty
Street
projectas
discussed
in
your
letter
and
am
completely
satisfiedthat
hehas
actedappropriately.
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