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T2026-2320
| * | | | | Oversight - New York City's Response to the 2026 Legionnaires' Disease Cluster. | Oversight | | | |
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Int 0181-2026
| * | Amanda C. Farías | | | Requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease to tenants. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (“DOHMH”) to create and post online informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease and to notify owners of residential buildings when a tenant in the building has a confirmed case of Legionnaires’ disease. This bill would also require building owners to provide shower hoses and the DOHMH informational materials to building tenants within 24 hours of notice of a tenant in the building having been diagnosed with Legionnaires’ disease. | | |
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Int 0999-2026
| * | Harvey D. Epstein | | | Establishing temporary Legionnaires’ disease testing sites and a digital map of testing sites. | Introduction | This bill would require that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) (1) establish temporary testing sites in an area where DOHMH has identified a Legionnaires’ disease cluster, (2) publicize information about testing sites in the cluster area, (3) submit reports to the Council about services offered and individuals serviced at temporary testing sites, and (4) develop and maintain a digital map of Legionnaire’s disease testing sites in NYC. | | |
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Int 1005-2026
| * | Virginia Maloney | | | Education and outreach about Legionnaires’ disease and disease outbreaks. | Introduction | This bill would require that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) conduct a public awareness campaign about Legionnaires’ disease risks, symptoms, prevention and treatment, as well as about Legionnaires’ disease outbreaks in NYC. | | |
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Int 1006-2026
| * | Virginia Maloney | | | Cleaning requirements for cooling towers. | Introduction | This bill would require that owners of buildings with cooling towers clean the cooling towers at least three times a year, with at least one of the three cleanings occurring during the months of June and July. | | |
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Int 1017-2026
| * | Shanel Thomas-Henry | | | Requiring analyses of cooling towers associated with Legionnaires’ disease clusters. | Introduction | This bill would require that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH), in consultation with the Department of Buildings (DOB), conduct an analysis to identify the common characteristics of cooling towers associated with each Legionnaires’ disease cluster and to issue recommendations to prevent cooling towers from causing future Legionnaires’ disease clusters. | | |
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Int 1016-2026
| * | Lynn C. Schulman | | | Establishing a Legionnaires’ disease hotline. | Introduction | This bill would require that the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) establish and maintain a hotline for the public to request information about Legionnaires’ disease and disease outbreaks in NYC, as well as to provide hotline users with referrals to resources and medical services. | | |
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T2026-2364
| * | Kamillah Hanks | | Preconsidered | Requiring an annual interagency cooling tower compliance review and increasing related enforcement. | Introduction | This bill would require the Department of Buildings (DOB) to create an annual list of properties for which DOB possesses records indicating the presence of a cooling tower. It would then require either DOB or the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) to do an annual cross-referencing of this list against existing cooling tower registrations and certifications to identify non-compliant properties. DOB would then have to issue notices of violation. Upon a determination of liability, property owners would have to disinfect the cooling tower within a specified time and, for vacant properties, discontinue use of the cooling tower. However, property owners would not be subject to the disinfection and discontinuation requirements if they can submit certain documentation or proof to the satisfaction of DOB and DOHMH. | | |
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