911 Health Watch Inc. Applauds Approval by the New York City Council of Resolution that Directs the Department of Investigation to Investigate What the City Knew Regarding the Dangers of the Toxic Chemicals at Ground Zero and When Did They Know It?
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Benjamin Chevat
Ben.Chevat@911HealthWatch.org
911 Health Watch Inc. applauds the passage by the New York City Council of Reso. 560, which directs the City Department of Investigation to investigate what the City of New York knew about the dangers of the toxic chemicals at Ground Zero and when did they know and complete a report no later than two years from now.
This is the first time that the NYC Council has invoked its authority granted by the City Charter (Section 803) to order DOI to conduct an investigation on topics the Council specifies.
“Thank you to Council Member Brewer and Speaker Adrienne Adams for taking on this challenge of finding out what Mayor’s office doesn’t appear to want the public to see about what the City of New York knew about the dangers of the toxins from 9/11 in the aftermath of the attack,” said Benjamin Chevat, Executive Director of 911 Health Watch.
“City Corporation Counsel has continued to fight the release of documents and the review of what the City knew and when did it know it, but now we hope that the truth will out.”
Despite requests from Members of Congress Jerry Nadler and Dan Goldman as well as former Member of Congress Carolyn Maloney, Freedom of Information Requests from 911 Health Watch and 911 Health Watch Article 78 lawsuit, to force the city to release documents the Adam’s administration has refused to release relating to what the Administration of then Mayor Giuliani knew about the dangers of the toxins in and around Ground Zero in the days, weeks, months after the attacks and when did they know it.
911 Health Watch would like to thank our pro bono counsels Andrew Carboy, Law Offices of Andrew J. Carboy LLC and Matthew McCauley, Turken, Heath & McCauley.
You can find more information regarding 911 Health Watch’s ongoing efforts on this issue on the 911 Health Watch web page here.
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