NYC releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero
The files include air quality reports and internal memos showing officials anticipated thousands of lawsuits and knew the area was unsafe to breathe.
- New York City released over 170,000 pages of records revealing that officials knew the air around Ground Zero was toxic but publicly assured residents it was safe to breathe.
- The records include internal memos, environmental data, and documents showing concerns about asbestos, benzene, and other carcinogens detected after the 9/11 attacks.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release, emphasizing that many of the hundreds of thousands exposed remain underserved and that withholding these documents was an injustice to New Yorkers.
- The documents reveal city leaders prepared for potential lawsuits over toxic air exposure and considered limiting liability.
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New York Said The Air Was Safe. Internal 9/11 Records Told Another Story. - American Liberty News
The 170,000-page document release shows officials were confronting asbestos, benzene, and potential legal liability while residents and workers received broad assurances that Lower Manhattan was safe. New York City has released approximately 170,000 pages of long-withheld records suggesting government officials understood the potential dangers of the air around Ground Zero even as New Yorkers were […]
The authorities in New York have minimized the health risks to the population following the 2001 attacks, although they were aware of the high level of pollution in Manhattan, showing documents made public recently. The asbestos was found "almost everywhere in the tested areas near Ground Zero, where the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001, said the mayor of the city ...
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Travel & Lifestyle: Newly Released 9/11 Records Show NYC Officials ‘Lied’ About Air Quality, Mamdani Says
A trove of newly released documents about the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in New York City shows that officials knew the air around ground zero was toxic, but that they “lied” to residents and first responders that it was safe, New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said Tuesday. More than 170,000 pages of government documents were published online Tuesday as part of New York City’s settlement with 9/11 health advocacy groups, revealing what f…
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New York, 8 Sep. (askanews) - Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, New York has released more than 170 thousand pages of air quality and contamination documents in Ground Zero, which have remained inaccessible to the public for more than twenty years. The papers show that months after the collapse of the Twin Towers were still detected asbestos and other contaminants in the Lower Manhattan area. Mayor Zohran Mamdani arranged for the…
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