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NYC releases 170,000 pages showing officials knew that air quality was bad after 9/11
New York City officials knew the air around Ground Zero was unsafe to breathe after the 9/11 attacks, despite telling the public it was fine. Newly released records show internal memos from the time, including one that anticipated thousands of lawsuits over air exposure. Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release of over 170,000 pages of these documents on Tuesday.
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