Legionnaires’ outbreak hits New York as officials rush to test water towers0

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• July 11, 2026

For the past few days, Justine Kirby has been wearing an N95 mask every time she leaves her house to walk around her quiet Upper East Side neighborhood. He also keeps his apartment windows closed as an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease grows to 46 cases, which the city has linked to contaminated water cooling towers.