NYC Spent $34M Posting 170,000 Pages Saying ‘Oops, Air Was Toxic’
KEY POINTS
- •NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani released a massive 170,000-page archive on 9/11 air toxicity this Tuesday.
- •The archive reveals city officials knew toxic air risks but falsely claimed safety to the public.
- •A $34 million public portal, including Rudy Giuliani-era memos, was launched to aid victims' health claims.
In one grand bureaucratic flex, NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s office dropped 170,000 pages of docs proving the air near Ground Zero post-9/11 was a noxious cocktail despite official fibs. The $34 million-strong portal hosts records from 68 monster boxes plus Rudy Giuliani-era memos, including the chilling Harding Memo predicting asbestos-themed lawsuits like a toxic Nostradamus. Firefighters have died from illness linked to the air, eclipsing the original 343 attack deaths—because in NYC, getting scammed by city health advice is the sequel nobody asked for. Even Jon Stewart roasted the city’s cover-up, saying bureaucrats started ‘covering their ass three weeks in.’
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(1 of 3)NYC quietly building a toxic-air treasure trove that says ‘We knew, sorry not sorry.’ Could’ve saved $34 million by just yelling ‘Run!’ instead.
Some cities have underground bunkers; NYC has 68 boxes proving official lies were airborne and long-lasting.
NYC telling 9/11 survivors the air was safe was like expecting a vegan at a Texas BBQ—optimistic and deadly.
Source: Axios | Published: 9/8/2026 | Author: Avery Lotz
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