Law Department working to release "tens of thousands" of 9/11 documents

Long-sought city docs could provide survivors with the answers they seek

The city’s Law Department is working to post tens of thousands of documents in the city’s possession from the period after the 9/11 attacks online for public access, Steve Banks, the city’s Corporation Counsel overseeing the department, said in a City Council hearing on March 13. 

Lawmakers and advocates for 9/11 first responders and survivors have pushed for years for the city to release documents from the period following the attacks that reveal what city officials knew about the air quality and environmental toxins at Ground Zero. If the Law Department releases the thousands of documents as Banks suggested, it would likely provide survivors with some of the answers they seek.