NYC's top watchdog launches probe into what mayors knew about post-9/11 air

New Yorkers were told the air was safe to breathe as they returned to work in Lower Manhattan less than three weeks after the 9/11 attacks.

New Yorkers were told the air was safe to breathe as they returned to work in Lower Manhattan less than three weeks after the 9/11 attacks.

The news comes just over a week after Mayor Zohran Mamdani released some 170,000 documents related to the air quality around Ground Zero following the attacks. [ more › ]