NYC releases 9/11 records showing officials misled New Yorkers about air quality around Ground Zero
The records include air quality reports, contamination evidence and internal memos that show officials feared lawsuits and toxic exposure, advocates said.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani's administration will release more than 170,000 pages of records on Tuesday, revealing city officials possessed evidence of dangerous air conditions in Lower Manhattan despite public assurances following the World Trade Center collapse.
- The documents indicate officials were aware of troubling environmental test results, including spiking benzene and asbestos concentrations in November 2001, even as public statements offered reassurance about air safety near the World Trade Center.
- Rep. Jerrold Nadler said he met with former Mayors Rudy Giuliani and Michael Bloomberg to raise concerns, but his warnings went unheeded. "They knew about the air quality and they essentially did nothing about it," Nadler said.
- Thousands of New Yorkers have developed cancers and respiratory illnesses linked to contamination exposure. Former New York Gov. George Pataki revealed he was diagnosed with restrictive airway disease attributed to his exposure at the site.
- As the 25th anniversary approaches, the release adds to long-running questions about whether officials adequately warned workers and residents of hazards while prioritizing the reopening of Wall Street.
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The first to stand up against the presence of Mamdani was Rudy Giuliani: "His presence offends me." Posted over 170 thousand pages of confidential files on the quality of the air in the aftermath of the attacks
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The mayor of the city bereaved by the attacks announced that thousands of documents relating to the consequences of the collapse of the two towers on air quality had been distributed in a judicial agreement with a victim protection organization.
In addition to the 2,977 people who died in the United States on the day of the attacks, the federal programme for the medical follow-up of New Yorkers estimates that more than 9,400 people have died of diseases related to this exposure.
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Le Journal de MontrealThe Mayor of New York announced the release of thousands of documents showing "what the city knew about the presence of toxic air."
Documents found in the archives confirmed the risk of air inhalation in the area of the destroyed towers of the World Trade Center in New York after the September 11 attack, even 10 months after the tragedy, wrote New York Times (NYT). The hidden archives have proved the presence of hazardous substances at the scene of the disaster, transmitting RIA News with reference to New York Times. The publication has studied more than 170,000 pages of off…
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