Mamdani Accuses Former NYC Leaders of Lying About 9/11 Air Quality

New York records show officials knew Ground Zero air was toxic after 9/11; Mamdani says leaders ‘lied’

New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani accused erstwhile city leaders of failing those who lived, worked and responded in Lower Manhattan after the attacks.

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.

Mamdani: NYC leaders ‘lied’ about post-9/11 air quality

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday released records related to the city government’s response to worsened air quality after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying city leaders “lied” about how safe it was to breathe.  Mamdani’s office released 170,000 pages of records, with the mayor’s fiscal 2027 budget including $34 million…

Declassified 9/11 papers show New York authorities hid air toxicity after the terrorist attacks

As the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the Twin Towers approaches, New Yorkers are beginning to learn something many suspected but had no official confirmation of: the toxicity of the air they breathed after the devastating Al Qaeda attacks. Contrary to what authorities had previously said, the dust and toxins around Ground Zero could make people sick. The city’s current mayor, Democrat Zohran Mamdani, announced Tuesday the…

"They Knew": Zohran Mamdani Says New York Didn't Disclose 9/11 Air Toxicity

The release comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,977 people, in the United States, mostly from the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York.