Harlem, Legionnaires' disease
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ABC7 New York on MSNNew lawsuit accuses 2 construction companies of negligence in deadly Legionnaires' outbreak
According to the lawsuit, the companies failed to properly clean storm water from cooling towers at Harlem Hospital.
Rainwater left untreated in cooling towers atop city-owned Harlem Hospital fueled the Big Apple’s deadliest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in a decade, the Rev. Al Sharpton charged Tuesday.