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Mamdani says 9/11 docs should be released to the public, ahead of 25th anniversary of terror attack

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  • New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani said releasable documents related to the September 11 attacks should be made public ahead of the 25th anniversary.
  • A planned online portal would allow New Yorkers to search city records about what the local government knew at the time.
  • A report said deaths among FDNY responders from 9/11-related illnesses have surpassed the 343 members killed on the day of the attacks.

As New York prepares to mark 25 years since the September 11 attacks, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is calling for the public release of documents that can legally be disclosed. He said the anniversary should center on victims and survivors rather than political figures.

“If there are documents that we are able to release, I think that they should always be released,” Mamdani told CBS. The city’s 2027 budget includes tens of millions of dollars for an online portal that would allow New Yorkers to search city documents and examine what local government knew at the time.

If there are documents that we are able to release, I think that they should always be released.

· Zohran MamdaniThe New York mayor supported releasing eligible documents related to the September 11 attacks.

Mamdani also pointed to the city’s responsibility toward people who became ill after the attacks. “So many of these New Yorkers are ones who made the decision to run towards Ground Zero, and for that, they have suffered medically, and the city should be there for them,” he said.

So many of these New Yorkers are ones who made the decision to run towards Ground Zero, and for that, they have suffered medically, and the city should be there for them.

· Zohran MamdaniMamdani discussed the city’s responsibility to people who became ill after responding to the attacks.

The comments followed a report from the Fire Department of New York’s World Trade Center Health Program on the long-term physical and mental health effects suffered by emergency responders who worked at the Twin Towers. CBS correspondent Marcia Kramer reported that deaths from 9/11-related illnesses have now exceeded the number killed on the day of the attacks.

The report said hundreds of FDNY members have died from illnesses linked to 9/11, pushing the post-attack FDNY death toll to more than twice the 343 members killed on September 11, 2001. Mamdani said the anniversary should remember those killed, their families and the lives disrupted by the attacks, while keeping the memorial focused on the city’s residents rather than politicians.

It's about those who were killed that day. It's about their families. It's about the lives that have been shattered.

· Zohran MamdaniHe described how the 25th anniversary should focus on victims, families and survivors rather than politicians.
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