Tag: Manhattan

• West Harlem Residents Say DOHMH Response Lagged Behind Upper East Side — Demand Translated Outreach and Local Testing Sites

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  Sep 3

  NYC Council oversight hearing on Legionnaires disease in Harlem and the Upper East Side highlighted resident complaints about slower, less-resourced Department of Health outreach in West Harlem, calls for translated… more ›

• Upper East Side Legionnaires: Multiple Towers and Building Water Test Positive; Genome Match Pending for 94 Cases, 11 Deaths

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  Sep 3

  Mayor and City Health Department investigators have not yet identified a single, definitive environmental source for the Upper East Side Legionnaires cluster; city testing found multiple PCR‑positive cooling towers and… more ›

• NYC DOH Awards $1.5M Contract to EMSL for Legionella Testing Through 2032; Council Demands Procurement and Turnaround Time Details

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  Sep 3

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO The City Council Health Committee on Sept. 2, 2026 pressed the New York City Department of Health (DOH) about a $1.5 million contract to EMSL Analytical for Legionella… more ›

• NYC Council: Little Cooling‑Tower Enforcement Before Upper East Side Legionnaires Cluster — Zero Summons in Jan, Mar, May, June; 180 Issued in July

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  Sep 3

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO At a New York City Council Health Committee hearing on Sept. 2, 2026, council members pressed the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) for records showing how… more ›

• DOHMH: No Cooling Tower Definitively Linked Yet in Upper East Side Legionnaires Cluster — Whole‑Genome Sequencing of 300+ Isolates Due This Fall

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  Sep 3

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO At a Sept. 2, 2026 New York City Council Health Committee hearing, Department of Health officials said whole‑genome sequencing on Legionella from Upper East Side patients and cooling… more ›

• NYC OKs Year-Round Outdoor Dining: Mayor Mamdani Signs Law Allowing Winterization, 11 p.m. Curfew and New Fee Schedule

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  Sep 3

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a public hearing at City Hall on Aug. 31, 2026 to receive testimony on Intro 655, a measure restoring year‑round roadway and sidewalk dining, allowing weatherproofing… more ›

• NYC Readies for Hurricane Season: Floodgates Proposed and DEP Earmarks $2.5B for Southeast Queens Stormwater Upgrades

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  Sep 2

  New York City urged residents to check coastal evacuation zones and evacuation centers as hurricane season begins, while city agencies and planners described planned and funded resilience work — including… more ›

• After Upper East Side Legionnaires Outbreak, NYC Council Demands Seasonal Hotline, Local Testing Clinics and Tougher Cooling‑Tower Rules Ahead of September Hearing

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  Aug 14

  New York City Council members used the Aug. 13 stated meeting to preview a September oversight hearing on the Upper East Side Legionnaires outbreak and floated immediate demands — a… more ›

• Proposed Rezoning at 515 West 57th Would Add 30-Story, 394-Unit Tower in Hell’s Kitchen with About 100 MIH Affordable Units

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  Aug 11

  The City Planning Commission on Aug. 10, 2026 reviewed a private rezoning at 515 West 57th Street in Hell’s Kitchen/Clinton that would remap an M1-5 manufacturing district to C6-12, add… more ›

• NYC Rolls Out 600+ Cooling Centers, Misting Stations and ‘Cool Vans’ — City Won’t Say How Many People They Served

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  Aug 10

  New York City officials briefed ethnic and community media on Aug. 7, 2026 about the city’s extreme-weather summer response — including more than 600 cooling centers, Health Department‑run misting stations,… more ›

• DCP and NYPL Launch “ABCs of City Planning” Story Time at Washington Heights Library — Free Kids’ Copies Distributed

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  Aug 7

  At a story-time event on August 6, 2026, the New York City Department of City Planning and the New York Public Library launched the new ABCs of City Planning at… more ›

• NYC enforcement recovers $104M for delivery workers; pied‑à‑terre ‘you may be subject’ tax notices mailed — owners face Aug. 21/24 deadlines

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  Jul 30

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani on July 29, 2026 announced that city enforcement of the tipping-transparency law recovered $104 million for delivery workers and answered reporters’ questions about the pied‑à‑terre (non‑primary residence)… more ›

• Mayor Mamdani unveils five city-run grocery stores with 30% discount and operator RFP — says NYPD arrested suspect in Bronx killing of 12-year-old

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  Jul 28

  Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a plan for five city-run grocery stores, each offering a 30% discount on essential goods and a request for proposals (RFP) for private operators; he also… more ›

• NYC launches ‘NYC Groceries’ pilot: five city-run stores to offer 30% off essentials — La Marqueta and Bronx Peninsula named, first opening by 2027

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  Jul 28

  Today’s mayoral announcement and agency materials formalized NYC Groceries: a city-run pilot of five grocery stores (one per borough) that will offer a fixed 30% discount on a core basket… more ›

• NYC tests 183 cooling towers in Upper East Side Legionnaires probe; 76 PCR-positive as fines, timelines remain unclear

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  Jul 23

  SEO-OPTIMIZED INTRO Mayor Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) say they tested 183 cooling towers in an Upper East Side Legionnaires cluster,… more ›