New Yorkers were 'lied' to about toxic air after 9/11 attacks, says Mamdani
The New York mayor says newly released documents show asbestos "nearly everywhere" around Ground Zero.
Toxic air quality was being recorded in Manhattan soon after the 9/11 attacks, even as officials played down the health risks to the public, according to a trove of newly released files.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the 170,000 documents show asbestos was found "nearly everywhere" they tested near Ground Zero, the site where the World Trade Center towers collapsed in 2001.
"People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air," Mamdani said at a news conference with survivors.
The pages of air quality reports and other documents were released through an online portal, timed with the 25th anniversary of the attacks.