Legionnaires disease

The City Council speaker called the Mamdani administration's response to the outbreak "insufficient."

But it takes months to fully train new water ecologists.

The city Health Department announced the second death late Saturday night.

Owners of 19 of the buildings have already completed the process of cleaning and disinfecting their contaminated water-cooling towers.

The bacteria that grow in water cooling towers are likely the cause of an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease on the Upper East Side

The city's health department is testing all water cooling towers in the area for the bacteria that causes the severe form of pneumonia.

So far 46 cases have been reported, 22 requiring hospitalization, and no deaths.

Older residents at Haven Plaza have been advised to avoid showering and to bathe with buckets.

Residents of Haven Plaza apartments have been advised not to take showers, pending an investigation of the water supply.

Legionella has been confirmed in the water supply, but not a larger outbreak. Remediation could take months or longer.