Overview

• City data show just one new diagnosis over the weekend, with seven patients still hospitalized and no additional deaths reported.
• Tests detected Legionella in 12 cooling towers across 10 buildings, including Harlem Hospital and a health clinic, and officials say all towers have been remediated while source confirmation continues.
• Legal action is escalating as two Long Island construction workers filed suits tied to work at or near Harlem Hospital and Ben Crump and Rev. Al Sharpton announced a separate lawsuit.
• Former health officials called the deaths avoidable as cooling‑tower inspections fell to a post‑pandemic low and the Health Department’s inspection unit lost about one‑third of its staff, with City Council hearings planned.
• The Health Department began an unrelated building evaluation at Parkchester South Condominiums in the Bronx for Legionella in a hot‑water system and said there is no risk to surrounding communities.