After delaying its response 10 times, the city has declined to release documents that reveal what the city knew about the toxins found over ground zero in the months after 9/11 attacks, claiming that no such documents could be found. In response to a Freedom of Information Law request filed by World Trade Center survivor organization 9/11 Health Watch, the city claimed in its March 20 response that after a “diligent” search, it “found no responsive records.”
Just last year the city released thousands of documents in the possession of the Department of Environmental Protection from the months following 9/11 and advocates for first responders and survivors of the attacks believe the city has many more in its possession. 9/11 Health Watch leadership announced Monday that they would sue the city for the documents, insisting that more information does exist and that the city is hiding it.
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