NYC Denies Another Request for Info on 9/11 Toxins, Prompting New Lawsuit

‘A moral injury’: City sued over not releasing information on Lower Manhattan air quality danger after 9/11 attack

Advocates for victims of the 9/11 terror attacks have for years been demanding information from New York City about when and what it knew about the danger of breathing air around the World Trade Center after the towers crumbled. Now advocates for victims are taking that fight to Manhattan Supreme Court — on Sunday, they filed a lawsuit against the city to compel to release its files.  The suit stems from FOIL requests filed in 2023 by advocacy g…

9/11 records dispute: City denies having documents cited in old memo

Lawyers waited nearly three years for a response from the mayor’s office on 9/11 air quality and liability records.

Ground Zero lawsuit accuses NYC of withholding documents from families

The city has denied a Freedom of Information Law request for records on toxins at Ground Zero after 9/11, saying no documents could be found — just months after producing 68 boxes of similar materials, according to the Daily News.

NYC denies another request for info on 9/11 toxins, prompting new lawsuit

NEW YORK — New York City has denied another request for data about the toxins that swirled above Ground Zero after 9/11 — claiming nothing could be found — despite the discovery of 68 boxes worth of information on the…

NYC denies 9/11 Ground Zero toxin records request as advocates file new lawsuit

Attorneys for survivors say the city is withholding critical Ground Zero exposure data despite previously uncovering dozens of boxes of related documents