Building's Extra Fuel Tanks Raise Concerns in TriBeCa

Saying that a dangerous amount of diesel fuel is stored in a 25-story building in TriBeCa, elected officials and residents called on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday to rescind a variance that permits its storage. The fuel, they warned, could lead to a major fire if there were a terrorist attack or other disaster. The city's Department of Buildings granted a variance to the owners of the tower at 60 Hudson Street late last month, allowing the owners to store 80,000 gallons of diesel fuel, much of it below - but some actually in - the building.

What the article does say at some point is the reason their are fuel tanks in the building is so the network and voice equipment will function if their is a blackout or problem with the "street power". This is standard practice for all telecom facilities, and an absolute requirement for tenants. What would be interesting to see happen... is if the neighborhood successfully removes the fuel storage, and then there is a problem with electricity for the building, what would the neighborhood response be when their Internet and Voice connectivity is erradicated for the duration of the outage? People probably wouldn't be too happy. See: Building's Extra Fuel Tanks Raise Concerns in TriBeCa - New York Times