Scott Stringer blasts de Blasio’s handling of Legionnaires’
City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Wednesday became the third potential 2017 mayoral challenger to criticize Mayor de Blasio’s handling of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, which has now infected 119...
View ArticleDe Blasio says Legionnaires’ outbreak is contained
Mayor de Blasio said on Thursday that the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has killed 12 people and sickened 122 others in the South Bronx has been contained. “The corner has been turned,” de...
View ArticleDe Blasio actually loved how city handled Legionnaires’ outbreak
Mayor de Blasio on Tuesday hailed his administration’s “unprecedented response” for containing a weeks-long Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in The Bronx, despite criticism from political rivals. “We...
View ArticleLegionnaires outbreak started at the Bronx Opera House Hotel
The rooftop cooling tower at the Opera House Hotel in The Bronx has been pinpointed as the source of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has killed 12 people and sickened more than 100 others,...
View ArticleMan sues opera house blamed for Legionnaires’ outbreak
A 54-year-old Bronx man who contracted Legionnaires’ disease have filed a lawsuit against the operators of the Opera House Hotel, which was the flashpoint of this summer’s outbreak. Plaintiff Leslie...
View ArticleHow do you solve a problem like de Blasio?
Mayor de Blasio last week moved to bring law and order — well, a semblance of order — to Times Square, the Battery and Coney Island. Scores of cops will flood the landmarks to tamp down panhandling and...
View ArticleUpper East Side school closed after Legionnaires’ discovery
An Upper East Side parochial school was closed for cleaning after tests found low levels of the legionella bacteria in a cooling tower, according to a report. Health officials said it is unlikely...
View ArticleNew Legionnaires’ outbreak infects seven people
A new outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease has infected seven people in the Morris Park section of The Bronx, officials said Monday. The latest cluster is not connected to the outbreak in the South Bronx...
View ArticleLatest Bronx Legionnaires’ disease outbreak turns fatal
The first death has been reported in the latest outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease in The Bronx. The city Health Department said Wednesday that the cluster of Legionnaires’ cases in the Morris Park...
View ArticleFlint hospital suspects river as source of Legionnaires’ outbreak
DETROIT — The head of a Flint hospital that found Legionnaires’ disease bacteria in its water system more than a year ago said he and experts suspected the Flint River was a likely source of the...
View ArticleOfficials could face manslaughter charges over Flint water crisis
LANSING, Mich. — Flint’s water crisis, after a switch in the drinking water source allowed dangerous levels of lead and potentially caused deadly cases of Legionnaires’ disease, could result in...
View ArticleMichigan warning on Flint Legionnaires’ outbreak came really late
State officials knew about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease and its suspected link to water system issues in impoverished Flint, Michigan, at least 10 months before a public announcement was made,...
View ArticleEveryone is still getting it wrong on the Legionnaires’ outbreak
As the death toll rises to 12 in New York’s Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo are playing politics, passing the buck. But the truth is, much of the blame belongs to the...
View ArticleThe Cuomo-de Blasio truce still doesn’t face facts on Legionnaires’ disease
News late Tuesday afternoon of an apparent truce in the de Blasio-Cuomo feud is a good start. These high-profile spats had become an embarrassment to both men, and a disservice to the public. The...
View ArticleBronx hotel blamed for Legionnaires’ blasts de Blasio
The owners of a Bronx hotel identified as a potential source of Legionnaires’ disease hit the roof Tuesday — slamming the “game of one-upsmanship” between city and state officials for sowing...
View ArticleBurlington opening massive retail store near Jamaica Avenue
Jamaica is getting a ginormous Burlington Coat Factory. Burlington will have 70,000 square feet of the 150,000-square-foot retail redevelopment now planned for three buildings along the major shopping...
View ArticleRikers inmate tests positive for Legionnaires’ disease
A 63-year-old inmate on Rikers Island has tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease – though health officials don’t believe the case is related to the outbreak in the South Bronx that has claimed 12...
View ArticleScott Stringer blasts de Blasio’s handling of Legionnaires’
City Comptroller Scott Stringer on Wednesday became the third potential 2017 mayoral challenger to criticize Mayor de Blasio’s handling of the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak, which has now infected 119...
View ArticleDe Blasio says Legionnaires’ outbreak is contained
Mayor de Blasio said on Thursday that the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease that has killed 12 people and sickened 122 others in the South Bronx has been contained. “The corner has been turned,” de...
View ArticleLegionnaires sickened four people, one fatally, at cancer facility: suit
Four people contracted Legionnaires disease while staying at a Manhattan facility that houses cancer patients, according to a new lawsuit. One of the four victims, whose cases weren’t publicly...
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