After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality (Gift Article)

NEW: Mayor Mamdani has released 170,000 documents that suggest New Yorkers were misled about the safety of the air quality following the 9/11 attacks. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

In the harrowing months that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center, New Yorkers were repeatedly assured that the air around the fallen towers was safe to breathe. But 10 months later, health officials were still finding evidence of asbestos as much as half a mile away,

FINALLY: NYC is releasing documents related to the misleading information provided to the public about air quality in the aftermath of 9/11. (More people have died from illnesses related to 9/11 than were killed on the day of the attacks.)

You don't say... the government lied. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

You know what “misled” means? That information was known and decisions were made to intentionally lead people away from it. It is an active, multi-step form of lying. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

🧵My family stopped through NYC (less than 3 miles from ground zero) 2 months after 9/11, & we wore N95s. Strangers were derisive, but it really seemed like common sense. Come to find out: Rep. Jerrold Nadler said he tried to convince Giuliani & Bloomberg "to release www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

After 9/11, "New Yorkers were repeatedly assured that the air around the fallen towers was safe to breathe. But 10 months later, health officials were still finding evidence of asbestos as much as half a mile away, according to a sample of air quality records being released on Tuesday."

“More people are believed to have died from illnesses related to the attacks in the years afterward than on Sept. 11 itself.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

I was living in downtown Manhattan on 9/11/01. For at least 6 weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Center, I could smell a lingering odour of burning metal. 10 months later, health officials were still finding evidence of asbestos as much as half a mile away. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

From today's NYT: "The records seem to strengthen the notion that New Yorkers were instructed to return to the ground zero area before it was safe to do so, potentially exposing workers and residents to dangerous toxins." 7/ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

"...New Yorkers were instructed to return to the ground zero area before it was safe to do so." "People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air,” Mr. Mamdani added. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

'America's Mayor' Rudy Giuliani & other officials—Mayor Bloomberg & then EPA Dir Christine Todd Whitman — lied when they reassured Americans—especially NYers who lived in lower Manhattan— the air around Ground Zero was safe to breathe knowing IT WASN'T! #NeverForget! www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

“I suspect that all they cared about was getting Wall Street reopened, and they didn’t give a damn about the health of the people down there.” - Congressman Jerry Nadler www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

FINALLY: NYC is releasing documents related to what was known about air quality in the aftermath of 9/11. (More people have died from illnesses related to 9/11 than were killed on the day of the attacks.)

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A lot of people have said a lot of things about 9/11, but one thing that I rarely see mentioned: the smell. I was living in the Fordham law school dorms at Lincoln Center, maybe 5 miles north. The air smelled like burning, constantly, all the time, for months.

Seems like Giuliani is the one who should skip the 9/11 memorial. "A review of news articles and interview transcripts in the days and weeks following Sept. 11 show that Mr. Giuliani continued to vouch for the safety of the air quality."

No shit. We knew that then, we said that then, and Christie Todd Whitman & Rudy Fucking Giuliani kept trying to tell everyone otherwise. Am I mad? You can bet on it. My husband’s friends were sent down for cleanup, he himself built the Memorial. Yes, I’m still angry www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

I was down there. At one point i looked down at my arms and my skin had a metallic sheen.

“They knew about the air quality and they essentially did nothing about it,” Mr. Nadler said. “I suspect that all they cared about was getting Wall Street reopened, and they didn’t give a damn about the health of the people down there.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality. New York City officials are making public more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around World Trade Center site in months after Sept. 11 attacks. (Free gift article) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

For 25 years, many New Yorkers have lived with these health consequences and fought for the truth about what City govt knew. Now, after setting aside $34 million in the budget to review millions of records, the Mamdani admin will tomorrow release 170K+ pages of them. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

“They knew about the air quality and they essentially did nothing about it. I suspect that all they cared about was getting Wall Street reopened, and they didn’t give a damn about the health of the people down there.” -Rep Jerrold Nadler www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

mamdani releases 170,000 pages on air quality after 9/11 www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n... major toxic coverup really...

170,000 pages of air quality reports, contamination records and official correspondence relating to 9/11 to be released by @mayor.nyc.gov www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality Of course were lied to www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

The release of these files is an act of justice for victims of 9/11 health-related illnesses. While we can never reverse the harm caused by the toxins that heroes and civilians breathed in at Ground Zero and in surrounding areas, victims and the public deserve this transparency. (1/2)

“In the harrowing months that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center, New Yorkers were repeatedly assured that the air around the fallen towers was safe to breathe. But 10 months later, health officials were still finding evidence of asbestos as much as half a mile away.”

first when Guiliani was Mayor and then Bloomberg - both should be held to account. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Here's a gift article from The Times concerning the misleading (lies) info about the air quality in NYC after 9/11. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Bullshit I lost Both My aunts To 9/11 related illnesses they both were at ground zero in 2001 and 2002 for recovery and clean up Over 10k have died from 9/11 related illnesses and thousands are sick we arent misled They lied to us www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

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I brought my three-year-old down to Ground Zero with me because I stupidly believed these liars: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

NYC officials LIED about Ground Zero air quality. For 25 years. 170,000 pages just surfaced — hidden in 68 boxes, "discovered" only last year. Asbestos was still showing up half a mile away TEN MONTHS after 9/11. People were told to go back anyway. Nearly 3,000 died in the attacks. How

I wonder why Giuliani and Pataki are making a racist fuss about Mamdani at 9/11 ceremonies. 👀 After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Thanks to Sally Gold & Nina Agrawal for this article & the Mamdani administration for releasing these documents. I was living below 14th St. on 9/11. My unique & wonderful upstairs neighbor Josh later died of leukemia at 54 & I got melanoma (hopefully cured). www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

“After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality: The Mamdani administration released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

One of the things I always tell people about 9/11 that doesn't get conveyed very often elsewhere is the smell. My god when the wind turned north afterwards it smelled so bad. We rushed to shut the windows. So yeah this makes sense www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

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🎁🔗: After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Giuliani killed twice as many people as the terrorists An estimated 6,000 people have died from 9/11-related illnesses linked to toxic exposure—roughly twice the number killed on the day of the attacks

Not a surprise - remind me who was Mayor? Oh yeah, the Trump lawyer. After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Giuliani lied about NY air quality after 9/11 Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

The records Mayor Mamdani released on Tuesday provide a snapshot of the frenzied months after the attacks, when New York City and its leaders were struggling to balance the city’s recovery with fears of terrorism and lingering toxins, The Times reported. #911

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani released 170k+ unsealed records revealing city and EPA officials misled the public on toxic air and asbestos after 9/11 to rush reopening Wall Street. Over 25 years later, post-9/11 toxic exposure illnesses have killed more people than the attacks themselves.

I remember fires burning for weeks. We knew it couldn’t be safe, but you live where you live. And we were all in shock on top of it. After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality New York City officials are making public more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks.

🎁🔗 After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality New York City officials are making public more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the Sept. 11 attacks. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

🎁🔗 Mayor Mamdani released more than 170,000 pages of documents suggesting that New Yorkers were not told the truth about the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the 9/11 attacks. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Giuliani’s action led to deaths at the WTC site. He wants to dominate and murder us with his stupidity www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

"More people are believed to have died from illnesses related to the attacks than the nearly 3,000 people who were killed on Sept. 11. They are succumbing to lung and blood cancers and heart and respiratory diseases." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

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After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

☑️ After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality.. ⏬ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Rudy lied about toxic air we breathed working in Lower Manhattan in the aftermath of the #WTCattacks, as did Bloomberg, de Blasio, Adams, n Governors, n Reps. Today the true report was released. I’m finally going to make an appointment with the Fund. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Mamdani dropping the bomb that giuliani and bloomberg knew about lower manhattan being toxic and said nothing as giuliani has the gall to tell him not to show up to the memorial...masterful. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Aren't journalists taught to avoid the passive voice? Had to read so far down to learn it was Giuliani and Bloomberg who misled New Yorkers. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

#9/11 @ghostlyverse.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n... Was this a cover up ordered by Giuliani?

If I was Mayor Mamdani I'd invite New Yorkers to read the 170,000 pages of newly-released evidence that strongly suggest the Giuliani Administration lied to New Yorkers about air quality surrounding Ground Zero. Then tell Rudy to fuck off. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Another classic example that concerns over the impact to businesses played a stronger role than concerns for the public, because (and this is the cynic in me) the public would be the one paying the health costs not the industries. So it wasn't 'misled', they lied.

Pataki & Giuliani should shut the fuck up. They have a lot to answer for www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

No shit. We breathed that toxic air for months.

So Rudy Giuliani has opinions about the 9/11 commemoration? The same Rudy Giuliani who gave NYC first responders zero percent raises in the aftermath of 9/11 and who hid the fact that his administration knew the air around Ground Zero was unsafe? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Bravo to Mamdani for releasing these records! Where's the apology from Giuliani for overseeing the poisoning of NYC residents after 9-11? How about taking responsibility for the situation of the first-responders still fighting for health benefits from the city? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

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I lived downtown Manhattan. You could smell and see the air. Yet Christine Whitman kept telling us all was good. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

I was living in downtown Manhattan on 9/11/01. For at least 6 weeks after the attacks on the World Trade Center, I could smell a lingering odour of burning metal. 10 months later, health officials were still finding evidence of asbestos as much as half a mile away. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n... "A review of news articles and interview transcripts in the days and weeks following Sept. 11 show that Mr. Giuliani continued to vouch for the safety of the air quality." Rudy, who's not welcome at the 9/11 ceremony?

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“They knew about the air quality and they essentially did nothing about it,…I suspect that all they cared about was getting Wall Street reopened, and they didn’t give a damn about the health of the people down there.” www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n... Not news to me... I was here and figured it out in real time.

This isn't shocking in the slightest since asbestos manufacturers proudly advertised that asbestos was used extensively in the WTC. What is shocking are the efforts politicians went through to hide how dangerous this made the air after the towers fell. Gift Link: www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

❤️❤️GUILIANI MISLEAD NEW YORKERS ABOUT AIR QUALITY FOR YEARS If only politicians were as compassionate and action minded as the people who were heroes at Ground Zero and now learn exposed to toxins. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

This doesn't surprise me at all.

After 9/11, Documents Suggest New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality. The Mamdani admin released more than 170,000 pages of documents related to the air quality around the World Trade Center site in the months after the 9/11/2001 attacks. New Yorkers were repeatedly assured by Republicans, then ⬇️

Something to read on the anniversary of 9/11, @thelolo.bsky.social While Trump makes it about himself, Mamdani is leadership. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

I think it's grossly inappropriate that Rudy Giuliani attent the 9/11 memorial. His actions contributed to deaths and disabilities in the aftermath of the attacks. Why are news agencies not questioning whether its appropriate for him to attend? www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

"A review of news articles and interview transcripts in the days and weeks after Sept. 11 shows that Mr. Giuliani continued to vouch for the safety of the air quality" despite reports stating otherwise. Bloomberg also offered assurances. #September11th #cancer #lungdisease #toxic

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Color me shocked (not) www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Happy 25th anniversary to those of us still alive! Many thanks, Rudy Giuliani and Christine Todd Whitman for thousands of needless deaths & untold suffering. PS Rudy was never, ever “America’s Mayor”.He had responsibility for fire fighters’ defective walkie talkies www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

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As a native New Yorker…The real time expectation… Regarding the air quality information…Was that things were much worse than what was being reported.

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After 9/11, Documents Suggest, New Yorkers Were Misled About Air Quality www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n... #EnvironmentalJustice

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"Mayor Mamdani's administration intends to review, redact and publicize many more papers, found in municipal and insurance offices, that relate to the environmental toxins brought about by Sept. 11." More people died from illnesses related to the attacks than the ~3,000 people killed on 9/11.

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Mr. Nadler recalled trying to get Giuliani and Bloomberg to release air quality data from the attack site. He figured they knew about the air quality and did nothing because he suspected they cared only about reopening Wall Street, not the health of the people there. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/07/n...

Well, f***!