NYC to Name Legionella-Positive Buildings After 46 Upper East Side Cases
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Updated · CBS New York · Jul 10
NYC to Name Legionella-Positive Buildings After 46 Upper East Side Cases
3 articles · Updated · CBS New York · Jul 10
Summary
Forty-six Legionnaires' cases have now been tied to the Upper East Side cluster, with 22 patients hospitalized, as City Hall prepares Friday to identify buildings whose cooling towers tested positive.
About 150 cooling towers between 76th and 97th streets were sampled, and Mayor Zohran Mamdani said every tower in the affected area has already been tested.
Buildings with concerning initial results were ordered to clean and disinfect their towers immediately, part of what the mayor called an aggressive response.
The outbreak is linked to ZIP codes 10075, 10028 and 10128, and health officials said exposure comes from mist from rooftop cooling towers—not building plumbing, tap water or person-to-person spread.