{"id":369494,"date":"2026-10-10T01:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T01:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369494\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T01:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T01:54:14","slug":"ny-democratic-committee-calls-for-transparency-on-ground-zero-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/369494\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Democratic Committee calls for transparency on ground zero air quality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; Members of the New York State Democratic Committee unanimously voted for a resolution calling for transparency on air quality at Ground Zero and protections for survivors who developed illnesses after the Sept. 11 attacks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The resolution calls on Gov. Kathy Hochul to release all records regarding environmental hazards around the World Trade Center following 9\/11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">It also calls for continued protection of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/wtc\/about.html\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/wtc\/about.html\">World Trade Center Health Program<\/a>, which supports first responders and survivors as they age.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Will Rivera, Oneonta town supervisor, said the vote reflects a commitment to supporting fellow New Yorkers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cThe true meaning I believe of being a New Yorker is always standing up for each other and supporting each other, and so as we talk about never forgetting about the 9\/11 attacks, I really want to make sure that we are really holding our words to that,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Rivera said the committee, made up of representatives from each Assembly district, does not have lawmaking power but can still weigh in on the issue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re not lawmakers in that committee, but we can certainly share our positions on this and just ask as a body that we are really focused on amplifying, making sure this has availability for all New Yorkers,\u201d Rivera said.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WBNG. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK (WBNG) &#8212; Members of the New York State Democratic Committee unanimously voted for a resolution calling&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369495,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-369494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369494","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369494\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369495"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}