G overnor Kathy Hochul defended New York City's response to the Legionnaires ' disease outbreak after officials on Tuesday confirmed the death toll had risen to five.

Southern food might seem out of place in NYC, but there are actually a number of joints doing Southern cooking justice in the heart of the Big Apple.

Legionnaires’ disease is a rare condition, and incidence is hard to estimate because diagnosis requires a suspicion of disease and ordering of the tests needed for confirmation, said Krishna Thavarajah, MD, a pulmonologist and director of the Interstitial Lung Disease Program at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, in an interview.

The health department offered five ZIP codes in central Harlem — 10027, 10030, 10035, 10037, 10039 – that were at the center of the cluster, as officials stressed the disease was airborne

Ben Crump and Rev. Al Sharpton will announce a lawsuit against a construction company accused of causing the outbreak.

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New York City's taxpayer-funded safe injection site faces criticism as locals report public intercourse and defecation disrupting their East Harlem community.