St. Paul's Relief Operation to Continue

The Parish of Trinity Church today decided to continue its relief operation for recovery workers at St. Paul’s Chapel on Broadway.

The Vicar of the Parish, the Rev. Samuel Johnson Howard, announced in a statement:

“The Parish has taken this step in response to an urgent appeal from the City of New York, conveyed by Commissioner Kenneth R. Holden of the City’s Department of Design and Construction, who is responsible for overall cleanup work at the World Trade Center site.”

Father Howard added: “Trinity Parish resolved three weeks ago to close St. Paul’s for cleaning, in response to a notice received from the City’s Department of Environmental Protection requiring that it clean the residues left on the building exterior after the attack of last September 11.

“However, Commissioner Holden requested that the Parish consider continuing to provide services to construction workers, firefighters and police officers until the City’s work at the site is completed. We will defer our closing and cleanup until the end of May at the request of the Commissioner.

“In his request to the leadership of Trinity Parish, Commissioner Holden noted that the relief facility operated by the Salvation Army and the Federal EPA is closing at the end of April.”

The Rev. Lyndon Harris, Associate responsible for ministry at St. Paul’s, said: “We are delighted that we are able to respond to the request of the City of New York to keep the doors of St. Paul’s open to the police officers, fire fighters and rescue workers as they complete their tasks at the site.”

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