Mamdani releases records on toxic air in New York after 9/11 attacks
The New York City mayor said the document release shows victims were 'lied to' about health impacts from the attacks.
Just days before the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks, New York City has released a trove of previously undisclosed documents suggesting government efforts to downplay – or even mislead – residents about dangerous air quality following the attacks.
At a news conference on Tuesday, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the publication of 170,000 pages concerning health issues following the collapse of two skyscrapers in the World Trade Center complex, known as the Twin Towers.
Mamdani said the effort would deliver “accountability around city government’s response to September 11 that New Yorkers have been denied for years”.
In the months following the attacks, city and federal officials repeatedly reassured residents, workers and first responders that air-quality levels were safe.