Legionnaires’ disease outbreak: Guggenheim Museum among 31 UES buildings with cooling towers that contained illness-causing bacteria

A Legionnaires’ disease outbreak has sickened 46 people in Manhattan’s Carnegie Hill and Yorkville areas, with 31 Upper East Side buildings, including the Guggenheim Museum and Whole Foods Market, preliminarily testing positive for Legionella bacteria in cooling towers. City health officials report 19 towers have been cleaned, while 12 remain under remediation, emphasizing no confirmed risk from indoor plumbing or air systems.