Health & Environment Quiet since Aug 7 Updated Aug 7, 2026
The Harlem Legionnaires' lawsuits
More than 50 survivors and families of last year's Central Harlem Legionnaires' outbreak, which killed seven and sickened roughly 120, sued New York City, NYC Health + Hospitals and Skanska USA Building. The suits arrive as the city faces a second cooling-tower outbreak in as many summers, testing whether the city and its contractors face financial accountability for repeated failures to inspect and maintain cooling towers.
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Aug 7, 2026 Latest
More than 50 survivors and families sued New York City, NYC Health + Hospitals and Skanska USA Building over last year's Central Harlem Legionnaires' outbreak, which The City Reporter said killed seven and sickened roughly 120 people; the first three lawsuits filed Thursday named 41 victims. Rev. Al Sharpton joined survivors at the announcement, and Lakisha Plowden, whose fiance died in the outbreak, said she is now a single mother without her soulmate.
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