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It's Tuesday in New York City, where several Harlem residents are still feeling the effects of last summer's Legionnaires' outbreak. Some public health experts have expressed concern over why it happened in the first place and how city officials have responded.
Ian Avant was among the more than 100 people sickened in the outbreak that health officials ultimately linked to rooftop cooling towers on Harlem Hospital and a city-owned public health lab, which share the same city block.
Avant no longer walks his dog by the hospital, though he still passes it on his way to work and feels a sense of panic. The disease did longterm damage to his kidneys, he said.
A City Council bill would force social media giantsto implement a one-hour time limit on kids’ access to their accounts, unless explicitly allowed by a parent or guardian.
After failing to influence a previous bankruptcy sale in January, the mayor is trying again to steer troubled rent-stabilized apartments into the hands of owners his administration considers more responsible.