Overview
- The NYC Health Department is sampling water in Towers A and B, which share a hot water distribution system, to assess possible Legionella.
- Officials say laboratory results may take about two weeks as the building-level evaluation progresses.
- Guidance for older adults, smokers, and people with weakened immune systems urges no showering and use of cold water for cooking and drinking.
- Authorities report no link to last summer’s Harlem outbreak and no risk to the surrounding neighborhood.
- The complex lacks a cooling tower, investigators are focused on the hot water supply, and residents are calling for testing across all five towers as management pledges cooperation.