Ben Chevat on Public Health

Statements and actions by Ben Chevat on this topic.

Public disputes concerning population health, disease prevention, environmental exposure, overdose trends, and public-health responses.

How we classify topics

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Statement history

1 statement on this page. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 matching statement. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 published statement. Dates: September 8, 2026

Defended or excused

1 published statement. Dates: September 8, 2026

1 statement on this page. Dates: September 8, 2026

Ben Chevat

Role at the time: Executive director of 9/11 Health Watch

September 8, 2026Defended or excused

Responding to

Zohran Mamdani administration's release of post-9/11 air-quality and health records

"begins to answer the question"

Why we used this label

Supports disclosure. Classification is limited to the disclosure decision.

City Hall transcript: September 8 post-9/11 records announcement

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Speaker sections: Jon Stewart; Tom Hart; Ben Chevat; Jerry Nadler; Carolyn Maloney; Gale Brewer

Official transcript, with separately identified speakers. Praise concerns disclosure, not every policy of the mayor. The date is known; noon UTC represents a date-only placeholder, not the event's exact time. Later releases were announced plans.

Read statement Zohran Mamdani administration's release of post-9/11 air-quality and health records