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Legionnaires
Coverage of Legionnaires in the Nexus archive.
- NYC Council to weigh Legionnaires' hotline, other responses to UES outbreak
The New York City Council is considering measures such as a Legionnaires' hotline in response to an outbreak in the Upper East Side (UES). Council Speaker Julie Menin criticized the Mamdani administration's response to the outbreak as 'insufficient.'
- Upper East Side Legionnaires' cases now at 14, health department says
The Health Department is testing water from cooling towers in the Upper East Side area where Legionnaires' cases have reached 14.
- Legionnaires cluster emerging on Upper East Side, NYC officials say
A cluster of Legionnaires' disease cases has emerged on the Upper East Side of New York City, with at least 10 people infected. Testing confirmed the presence of Legionella, but officials have not yet identified the source.