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New York City to increase cooling tower inspections after legionnaires’ outbreaks

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New York City to increase cooling tower inspections after legionnaires’ outbreaks

The Guardian · Aug 30, 2026, 2:07 PM UTC

State and city lawmakers push to boost regulations after two outbreaks of the disease over the last two summers New York lawmakers are now trying to better protect residents from the deadly legionnaires’ disease by increasing regulations and inspections of cooling towers after two outbreaks of the infection over the last two summers and a raft of new…