New York is said to have covered up air pollution after 9/11

The New York city government is said to have covered up the extent of the resulting air pollution following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. Shortly before the 25th anniversary of the attacks, New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release of a number of documents that are intended to support this accusation.

The non-governmental organization Health Watch had previously sued the city to release the information. The documents, which total more than 170,000 pages, are scheduled to be published online in the next twelve months.

After the attacks, the air in New York was primarily polluted with asbestos and other toxins. Many people got sick back then because those responsible "lied to them and told them it was safe to breathe in the toxic air," said Mamdani. With the cover-up, the city administration wanted to limit its own liability, he added.

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