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The video leverages a significant news event with ongoing public interest and controversy, presenting new information that confirms long-held suspicions about official knowledge of post-9/11 environmental hazards. The inclusion of a public figure like Jon Stewart adds emotional weight and broader appeal.

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New records reveal that city officials were aware of dangerous toxins in the air for months following the 9/11 attacks, despite urging New Yorkers to return to Lower Manhattan. This information, now publicly accessible, has settled lawsuits and may lead to further litigation.

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1Release of 9/11 records confirms toxic air and official awareness
2Details of lawsuits and potential future litigation
3Jon Stewart's involvement and commentary
4Mayor's statement on past administrations and tenacity of advocates
5New investigation into city officials' knowledge and actions

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FOX5 NEW YORK These records being released today, confirming what many New Yorkers have known for years — that dangerous toxins lived in the air for months, following the 9/11 terror attacks. And these records also suggest that city officials were aware of this, despite publicly urging New Yorkers to return to Lower Manhattan. People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air. Mayor Mamdani's administration releasing more than 170,000 pages of air quality reports, contamination records and correspondence among city officials, following the 9/11 terror attacks. These records can be accessed by everyone in the public through an online portal, and more documents will be released every 12 months. This first batch of documents includes reports that suggest the Giuliani administration was aware of the dangerous toxins in the air but were worried about lawsuits. The memo to Giuliani's former deputy mayor states that there could be as many as 35,000 potential plaintiffs and an estimated 10,000 people who would file a claim. Reasons include health advisories that told New Yorkers to return to the area too soon, and rescue workers who were given faulty equipment or no respirators at all. Comedian and longtime advocate for 9/11 first responders Jon Stewart joined Mamdani at City Hall. "There was poison in the air and on the ground and in the window sills, and in your air conditioners and covering your pets and your clothes, and it stayed there for months. Everyone knew. And now it's very clear that the city knew, as well." Now, for years, 9/11 survivors and advocates have been pushing for the release of these documents. The records made public today settles two lawsuits between the city and 9/11 Health Watch. But this release could open up the city to future litigation. When asked about the possibility of future lawsuits, the mayor says their focus is using these records to help more New Yorkers living and working in that area during that time access to two federal 9/11 assistance programs. Mamdani was also asked if past administrations participated in a cover-up. "This was multiple mayoral administrations refusing to release documents that New Yorkers were owed, and we would not be here today were it not for the dogged tenacity of all those on this stage."

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"People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air." Mayor Mamdani saying that multiple mayoral administrations refused to release documents confirming that dangerous toxins remained in the air for months after the 9/11 terror attacks. #mamdani #nyc

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These records being released today, confirming what many New Yorkers have known for years — that dangerous toxins lived in the air for months, following the 9/11 terror attacks. And these records also suggest that city officials were aware of this, despite publicly urging New Yorkers to return to Lower Manhattan. People got sick because the leaders they trusted lied and told them they were safe to breathe in toxic air. Mayor Mamdani's administration releasing more than 170,000 pages of air quality reports, contamination records and correspondence among city officials, following the 9/11 terror attacks. These records can be accessed by everyone in the public through an online portal, and more documents will be released every 12 months. This first batch of documents includes reports that suggest the Giuliani administration was aware of the dangerous toxins in the air but were worried about lawsuits. The memo to Giuliani's former deputy mayor states that there could be as many as 35,000 potential plaintiffs and an estimated 10,000 people who would file a claim. Reasons include health advisories that told New Yorkers to return to the area too soon, and rescue workers who were given faulty equipment or no respirators at all. Comedian and longtime advocate for 9/11 first responders Jon Stewart joined Mamdani at City Hall. "There was poison in the air and on the ground and in the window sills, and in your air conditioners and covering your pets and your clothes, and it stayed there for months. Everyone knew. And now it's very clear that the city knew, as well." Now, for years, 9/11 survivors and advocates have been pushing for the release of these documents. The records made public today settles two lawsuits between the city and 9/11 Health Watch. But this release could open up the city to future litigation. When asked about the possibility of future lawsuits, the mayor says their focus is using these records to help more New Yorkers living and working in that area during that time access to two federal 9/11 assistance programs. Mamdani was also asked if past administrations participated in a cover-up. "This was multiple mayoral administrations refusing to release documents that New Yorkers were owed, and we would not be here today were it not for the dogged tenacity of all those on this stage."