According to the lawsuit, the companies failed to properly clean storm water from cooling towers at Harlem Hospital.

Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration must launch its own probe into New York City’s handling of the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem, her predecessor Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. Cuomo — now running for mayor — was governor when a Legionnaires’ outbreak hit The Bronx in 2015,

Two construction workers who claim they contracted Legionnaires' disease while working at or near Harlem Hospital Center are suing contractors they allege failed to safeguard water cooling towers at the building against contamination by the bacteria that causes the illness.