NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin demands answers from Mamdani after deadly Legionnaires' outbreak
NYC Council Speaker Julie Menin is pushing for new legislation to address a deadly Legionnaires' disease outbreak on the Upper East Side. The bill aims to mandate proactive cooling tower testing and improve public transparency regarding health risks.
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Add The New York Post on Google City Council Speaker Julie Menin is demanding that Mayor Zohran Mamdani cough up answers on how the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has sickened dozens of New Yorkers festered on the Upper East Side.
Menin will introduce a bill Tuesday requiring the city take proactive steps to identify cooling towers that building owners failed to test for the disease-causing bacteria and automatically disinfect them as a precaution.
A fourth death from the outbreak was confirmed late Monday, city officials said.
The council is also set to hold an oversight hearing in September to “examine” the Mamdani administration’s response and “determine why New Yorkers still lack access to real-time information about cooling tower compliance,” Menin said.
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