Mamdani Accuses Former NYC Leaders of Lying About 9/11 Air Quality
- New York City released over 170,000 pages of documents revealing toxic air conditions around Ground Zero after the 9/11 attacks, contradicting prior official claims that the air was safe to breathe.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani stated that many people exposed to the toxic dust and debris were misled about the health risks, leading to illnesses and deaths exceeding those from the attacks themselves.
- The documents include air-quality reports showing elevated levels of harmful substances like asbestos and benzene detected months after the attacks, contradicting earlier safety claims.
- The release follows a lawsuit by 9/11 Health Watch demanding transparency, and the city plans to review and release more records related to environmental toxins from that day.
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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 ...
"People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied to them saying they could safely breathe toxic air," said the Mayor of New York at a press conference.
Mamdani Accuses Former NYC Leaders of Lying About 9/11 Air Quality
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Tuesday accused previous New York City leaders of lying about air quality safety after the 9/11 terrorist attacks, resulting in residents and workers developing serious illnesses years later.
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