"The demand comes after attorneys unearthed a memo this week revealing that the city had been preparing for lawsuits related to air quality effects in the weeks following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The memo, obtained by amNewYork, was uncovered by attorneys who have long been pushing the city to release documents related to post-9/11 air quality, some of whom were at Thursday's press conference, where Brewer and Menin made their demands."
"It's shameful, shameful, that the city hid this information, refused to disclose this information, said Menin, who lived near Ground Zero when the attacks took place and played an instrumental role in helping Lower Manhattan rebuild in the years after. It is unconscionable that the City of New York did not take responsibility for basically lying to not only first responders but to the whole downtown community."
City Council leaders Gale Brewer and Julie Menin demanded a Department of Investigation inquiry into post-9/11 air quality records and urged the Mamdani administration to act on transparency. Attorneys uncovered a memo showing the city prepared for lawsuits related to air quality weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. Advocates for 9/11 survivors and attorneys who pushed for document release attended a press conference to press for disclosure. Menin condemned the city's withholding of information as shameful and unconscionable for allegedly misleading first responders and the downtown community. Hundreds of recovery workers were exposed to toxins; more than 400 firefighters have since died of related illnesses.
Read at www.amny.com
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