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Now, as residents begin the long process of rebuilding, Martinez is pushing her neighbors to chuck the lumber and build with noncombustible materials instead.

"There was a teacher last year who chucked it after three weeks, it was too difficult," he says.

"It will be a battle of attrition. In years gone by they've been known for chucking the ball about but they've got some big physical lumps in there now, so we'll relish that."

He instead points to a “toxic environment” in the FDA, which he attributes to Vinay Prasad, head medical and scientific officer, who was chucked from the agency this summer, then brought back.

Union Square Cafe uses a specialty blend of brisket, short rib and chuck developed with Manhattan butcher Pat LaFrieda.