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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Bruce Golding

Mamdani says officials ‘lied’ to New Yorkers about still-toxic air around Ground Zero after 9/11 and drops 170,000 pages of proof

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of internal records Tuesday that show officials misled people about the safety of the air around Ground Zero after the September 11 terror attacks.

“People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air,” Mamdani said during a news conference.

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