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New York City is unveiling over 170,000 pages of hidden air quality records from Ground Zero after 9/11, a bold move by Mayor Zohran Mamdani to finally deliver transparency and accountability to survivors and families—despite the risk of new lawsuits. The documents reveal toxic air lingered for months after the attacks, contradicting earlier assurances that the area was safe. This release follows two settled lawsuits and the discovery of dozens of forgotten boxes containing similar reports. Former EPA head Christine Todd Whitman has since apologized for misleading claims. With $34 million invested to process and publish the files, the city is rolling out the first batch online—and more are coming this year. It’s a decades-long push for truth across mayoral administrations. And despite political pressure, Mamdani will attend the 9/11 memorial, standing firm that honesty is the least the city owes those forever changed by that day.

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