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New York releases documents showing city withheld information on post-9/11 toxic air

On September 8–9, 2026, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release of tens of thousands of documents showing the city did not fully disclose what it knew about air toxicity after the September 11, 2001 attacks. The disclosure came ahead of the 25th anniversary of 9/11.

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New York leaders ‘lied’ about toxic air after 9/11, Mayor Zohran Mamdani says

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday the release of tens of thousands of documents showing the city did not disclose all it knew about air toxicity after September 11. The release comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the attacks in 2001 that killed 2,977 people, in the US, mostly in the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York. More than 9,400 have died from illnesses linked to thei

NY failed to disclose what it knew on 'toxic air' after 9/11

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New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced on Tuesday the release of tens of thousands of documents showing the city did not disclose all it knew about air toxicity after 9/11. The release comes ahead of the 25th anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed 2,977 people in the United States, mostly in the collapse of the Twin Towers in New York. In the years since, more than 9,400 have