Source: https://gothamist.com/, April 7, 2026
By: Joe Hong

Last summer’s Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Central Harlem has changed the pace of life for many of the New Yorkers at its epicenter, and some public health experts have expressed concern over why it happened in the first place and how city officials have responded.

Patricia Miller lives across the street from Harlem Hospital and a new city-owned public health lab, where officials say harmful Legionella bacteria first began spreading through the air. She said she no longer walks to the bus stop on Fifth Avenue but instead takes a cab to work, too afraid to walk past the two buildings. Read more.