Mamdani: NYC leaders ‘lied’ about post-9/11 air quality
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) on Tuesday released records related to the city government’s response to worsened air quality after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, saying city leaders “lied” about how safe it was to breathe. Mamdani’s office released 170,000 pages of records, with the mayor’s fiscal 2027 budget including $34 million…
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- First observed by CurrentWire: CBS News · Sep 8, 2026 at 6:21 PM ET
- Coverage span: 38 min
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Mamdani: NYC leaders ‘lied’ about post-9/11 air quality(opens original report in a new tab)CBS NewsTier B
NYC officials release unseen post-9/11 air quality documents(opens original report in a new tab)New York City officials released thousands of previously unseen documents questioning the air quality at Ground Zero following the 9/11 attacks. — CBS News
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