9/11 survivors call for renewed probe - NJ.com
A New 9/11 Investigation in NYC?
– Baltimore Chronicle
Coleen Rowley: ‘Why I Support a New 9/11
Investigation’ – Huffington Post
8 Years Later, Push to Put
a New 9/11 Probe on the Ballot
– The Villager
Rescue Me’ Star Daniel Sunjata Headlines 9/11
Protest March
– Raw Story
NYC CAN News
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NYC Concedes 30,000 Valid Signatures
Daniel Sunjata Speaks At NYC CAN March For Answers
Coleen Rowley - Bill Doyle Endorse NYC CAN
Anthony Shaffer Endorse NYC CAN
VOTE FOR ANSWERS News
Group Calls for New 9/11 Probe
Keene Sentinel - Jan. 30
NH Group Cites Need for New 9/11 Probe
Union Leader - Feb. 1
CONTACT
Ted Walter
tedwalter@nyccan.org
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -- July 16, 2009
9/11 Families, First Responders and Survivors Gather at City Hall to Endorse 2009 Ballot Referendum to Establish New Official 9/11 Investigation in NYC
New York – Outside City Hall relatives of 9/11 victims, first responders and survivors of the September 11th attacks gathered to endorse a November ballot referendum to establish a new 9/11 investigation under the auspices of the city government of New York. Support on the street is high, the group says, and polls indicate a majority of New Yorkers want a new investigation.
On June 24, the group leading the ballot initiative, the New York City Coalition for Accountability Now (NYC CAN) filed a petition containing 52,000 signatures with the office of the City Clerk. The official filing initiated a 60-day period specified in Section 37 of the New York Municipal Home Rule Law in which the City Council is asked to review the petition and approve its placement on the upcoming November ballot.
Since this milestone filing, the group has gathered an additional 16,000 signatures and received several endorsements from prominent leaders. Renowned whistleblower and former FBI agent Coleen Rowley, who TIME magazine selected as one of three “Persons of the Year” in 2002, endorsed a new investigation yesterday, as reported by RAWSTORY. Bill Doyle, who lost his son Joseph and has been an outspoken leader of an active community of 9/11 families, also released a statement endorsing a new inquiry in New York. Joining Doyle in support as a signatory to the 9/11 family member petition on NYCCAN.org is Christine O'Neil, wife of ex-FBI Agent Whistleblower John O'Neil, who was killed at the World Trade Center, and Lorie Van Auken, a widow from New Jersey and former member of the 9/11 Family Steering Committee, who will serve as a member of the eventual independent NYC Commission.
Manny Badillo, who lost his uncle Thomas, and who serves NYC CAN as Director of Outreach, said in an opening statement “Thomas Keane and Lee Hamilton, the Chairmen of the 9/11 Commission, after issuing their report, both admitted that the Commission was unsuccessful. In their own words, the Commission was ‘Set Up To Fail’.” Senator Max Cleland called it a national scandal.
Badillo was joined by 9/11 victim family members Donna Marsh O’Connor and Bob McIlvaine, First Responder Edith Beaujon, and survivors Janette MacKinlay and William Rodriguez, all members of the NYC CAN Executive Council, who made impassioned statements of support. Eileen Coles, a veteran and former intelligence systems administrator, stated, “Our only way forward to restore our national honor is to answer the questions and demand accountability. This will not happen without a truly impartial and scientific examination of the evidence.”
NYC CAN is non-partisan organization comprised of 9/11 Families, First Responders, Survivors and proud, concerned citizens committed to bringing about an independent, impartial investigation into the events of September 11. For more info: http://www.nyccan.org
