Q&A
Councilmember Schulman inquires about a lithium-ion battery shop incident
0:21:40
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38 sec
Councilmember Schulman brings up a specific incident involving a lithium-ion battery shop in her district that was closed by the FDNY but appears to have reopened. She asks about the frequency and nature of FDNY inspections for such shops.
- A shop selling unauthorized lithium-ion batteries was closed but seems to have reopened
- The shop owner was arrested for illegal activities related to selling fake and unregistered batteries
- Schulman asks if FDNY conducts proactive inspections or waits for complaints
Lynn C. Schulman
0:21:40
So lithium ion batteries, there is a shop in my district that was that you guys closed.
0:21:48
It looks like it's reopened on Queen's Boulevard.
0:21:53
And so and and the guy was arrested as a matter of fact, the owner.
0:22:00
Because he had some other illegal activity in addition to what was going on with the with selling fake batteries and, you know, not registered batteries and all of that.
0:22:10
So I just wanna know, like, how often do you go out and look at ops, do you do it proactively?
0:22:16
Do you wait for somebody to make a complaint?
