By MES Dispatch Staff
The Briefing
- New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced the release of more than 170,000 pages of records detailing the government’s post-9/11 response, including air quality and health-related documents.
- The city simultaneously settled two lawsuits brought by 9/11 Health Watch that had sought access to the records for years.
- Mamdani’s fiscal year 2027 budget includes $34 million to build and maintain the new public portal.
- The records include the Harding Memo, 68 boxes of documents discovered in 2025, and materials related to World Trade Center 7.
- The portal will be updated over the next year as the city reviews additional records and removes personally identifiable information; the city also plans to help responders and survivors obtain records needed for the World Trade Center Health Program and September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.
NEW YORK — New York City has released more than 170,000 pages of records related to the government’s response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, including long-sought documents on air quality and health impacts, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced this week.
The release accompanies the settlement of two lawsuits brought by 9/11 Health Watch, ending a years-long legal dispute over access to post-9/11 health and air-quality records. First responders, elected officials and affected families had sought the documents for years.
Mamdani’s fiscal year 2027 budget includes $34 million to create and maintain the new public portal, which the city said is its first dedicated to the environmental and health effects of the attacks. The records include the Harding Memo, 68 boxes of documents discovered in 2025, and materials related to World Trade Center 7.
“The very least our city owes the families, survivors and first responders whose lives were forever changed by the September 11th attacks is transparency and accountability,” Mamdani said in a statement. “For too long, New Yorkers have had to fight for access to records that should have been available to them in the first place.”
The city said the portal will continue to be updated over the next year as officials review additional records and remove personally identifiable information. New York City also plans to assist responders and survivors in obtaining records needed to access the World Trade Center Health Program and the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund.