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Mayor Mamdani announces new measures to combat Legionnaires' disease

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NEW YORK (PIX11) -- On the day before a City Council hearing over the Legionnaires' outbreaks that left 18 people dead and hospitalized many dozens more over the last two summers, the Mamdani Administration released a new plan to combat the disease and to prevent it from spreading.

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  1. NBC New York

    NYC unveils new Legionnaires safety measures after 11 deaths in Upper East Side cluster (opens NBC New York)

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    Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a new plan Tuesday to strengthen the city’s response to Legionnaires’ disease as officials work to get ahead of future outbreaks. The new measures follow 11 deaths and more than 90 cases linked to this summer’s Legionnaires’ cluster on the Upper East Side.

  2. FOX 5 New York

    NYC unveils new Legionnaires' disease strategy after 11 died in Upper East Side outbreak (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    Mayor Zohran Mamdani said New York City is changing how it tests for and prevents Legionnaires' disease after deadly outbreaks on the Upper East Side and in Central Harlem.

  3. The City

    With Dueling Plans, Mamdani and NYC Council Tackle Legionnaires’ Prevention (opens The City)

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    This story was originally published by Healthbeat. Sign up for their public health newsletters at healthbeat.org/newsletters. The Mamdani administration and City Council are laying out dueling plans to prevent future Legionnaires’ outbreaks after the pneumonia-like illness left nearly a dozen dead a…

  4. Pix11

    Mayor Mamdani announces new measures to combat Legionnaires' disease (opens Pix11)

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    NEW YORK (PIX11) -- On the day before a City Council hearing over the Legionnaires' outbreaks that left 18 people dead and hospitalized many dozens more over the last two summers, the Mamdani Administration released a new plan to combat the disease and to prevent it from spreading.

  5. The City

    Council Grills Mamdani Health Team Over Deadly UES Legionnaires’ Outbreak (opens The City)

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    City Council members grilled city health officials over the Mamdani administration’s response to a deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side this summer that killed 11 people and ranked among the largest in the city’s history.

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