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- NYC ordered cleaning and disinfecting of Legionella-positive cooling towers in 31 Upper East Side buildings.
- The city set a deadline for 12 towers after remediating 19.
- Health officials reported 54 Legionnaires’ disease cases, 18 hospitalizations and no deaths.
- Dr. Alister Martin said PCR tests cannot confirm live bacteria, leaving the source unknown.
- Mayor Zohran Mamdani said addresses of buildings, including Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, will be released and town-hall meetings held.
