Families sue NYC over 2025 Harlem Legionnaires' disease outbreak
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Families of victims of last year's Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem are suing New York City, alleging neglect and failures to follow regulations.
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A group of lawyers, including civil rights attorney Ben Crump, alongside Rev. Al Sharpton are announcing lawsuits on behalf of the 2025 Central Harlem Legionnaires’ outbreak victims and their families. In July 2025, New York City health officials identified an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Ce…
Attorney Ben Crump is expected to announce litigation against NYC after seven people died and 118 were sickened in the Central Harlem Legionnaires' outbreak.
Those sickened by last summer’s Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem have filed three lawsuits against the city. They are seeking hundreds of millions of dollars over claims that the city government was negligent in its handling of the public health crisis just days after the bacteria gripped th…
Attorney Ben Crump and Rev. Al Sharpton appeared at a news conference on Thursday. Last year’s outbreak in Harlem killed seven people and sickened dozens more. Victims and their families accuse the city and several contractors of negligence. [ more › ]
A cluster of cases in Harlem was traced to two city-owned sites. Lawsuits claim that dangerous bacteria spewed from improperly maintained cooling towers.
Attorneys and families of dozens of Legionnaires’ disease victims from last summer’s Harlem outbreak said they’re suing the city and several contractors they allege failed to maintain cooling towers linked with the public health emergency in which seven people died and roughly 120 people were sicken…
Grieving families and survivors of a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak linked to city-owned buildings in Harlem sued the Big Apple on Thursday — demanding Mayor Zohran Mamdani take action as he deals with a new deadly cluster. The trio of lawsuits unveiled by the Rev.
Families of victims of last year's Legionnaires' disease outbreak in Harlem are suing New York City, alleging neglect and failures to follow regulations.
