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Any questions or concerns that you would want to ask Health Officials . I would like for them to get a grip of it before it gets out of hand. Reporter so can you get sick if you come in contact with contaminated water or if water from a leaky airconditioning system that has legionella drips on you . Experts say no. This is a disease of the lungs. You get sick by inhaling water particles or inhaling a mist. Hotels, large buildings and cruise ships are places where traditionally spread. Any place with a cooling system that is not properly treated is susceptible. Tweet me if you have any question...

Months. The city manager said they had no idea what was going on until an anonymous pitch told them in may. That prompted the city to hire an outside agency to start an investigation which reveals on four different dates in 2014, the fire chief drank alcohol on the job and drove a city vehicle. He failed to answer calls to supervise a fire at an apartment last year and found to have wrestled with a subordinant during an argument. He is a 20year veteran with hayward fire and promoted to chief in 2012. He is seen in this department recruiting video posted on youtube. Contreras was suspend for a ...

Head out there. Im ken rosato. Im Shirleen Allicot in for lori stokes. You are never more than seven minutes away from weather and traffic and bill evans with the forecast. Showers and thunderstorms are coming in the area from the city eastward through rockland, Westchester County across brooklyn and queens. On the l. I. E. , 49495, oyster bay, smithtown. That will continue across the area. Here is another look from our accutrack radar. You can see the lightning strikes that are there. They decreased. They are across brooklyn and queens this morning heading eastward. We will have that a couple...

City penn station. We will keep you posted on that story. Absolutely. Now to breaking developments in the legionnaires outbreak. A new Health Department order was issued. Anyone who owns or controls a building with a cooling tower is required to test and disinfect their cooling tower. We have just learned that the death toll is now up to 10. The number of cases is at 100. Eyewitness News Reporter marcus solis is in the melrose section of the bronx with the latest update on the story. Marcus . Reporter dare and shirleen, the number of cases has slowed. Only three new cases but two of them fatal...

The number of cases is 100, ten fatal. Mayor de blasio announced that any building with a cooling tower will have the system tested asap. The order instructs the owners or manager to test and disinfect their cooling tower within the next 14 days. Failure to comply with the commissioners order is a misdemeanor. Reporter the state is getting involved as well. Today the Bronx Borough president invited the state Health Commissioner to tour concourse plaza, a Shopping Plaza where one tested positive for legionella, the bacteria that can grow in water based systems. Time is not our friend. We need t...