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Cooling Towers Ignored in Legionella Crisis | New York City News
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Over 500 cooling towers in Manhattan are skipping mandatory water tests, raising alarms after a Legionella outbreak sickened 60 people — 15 still hospitalized — with dozens of buildings in the Upper East Side and Carnegie Hill testing positive, some with no records of testing in over a year. Despite stricter city rules requiring monthly testing since a Harlem outbreak, compliance is lagging. Council Speaker Julie Menin demands disinfection in affected areas, while officials note preliminary results only confirm bacterial presence — not whether it’s active or capable of causing disease, which mainly affects vulnerable populations.
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