Int 1017-2026
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.
- Title
- Requiring analyses of cooling towers associated with Legionnaires’ disease clusters.
- Type
- Introduction
- Status
- Committee
- Committee
- Committee on Health
- Introduced
- 2026-08-13
Heard in committee
- Committee on Health Committee
Sponsors
- Shanel Thomas-Henry Council Member, District 21 (Queens)
- Harvey D. Epstein Council Member, District 2 (Manhattan)
- Shaun Abreu Council Member, District 7 (Manhattan)
- Virginia Maloney Council Member, District 4 (Manhattan)
Money behind the sponsors
Money spent in the sponsors' 2025 election races, not on this bill. Outside spending is independent of the campaigns; PAC gifts went directly to a sponsor's campaign. NYC Campaign Finance Board.
- Shaun Abreu 10 outside spenders · 10 PAC gifts $688,366
- Virginia Maloney 5 outside spenders · 13 PAC gifts $472,364
- Shanel Thomas-Henry 4 outside spenders · 13 PAC gifts $419,431
- Harvey D. Epstein 4 outside spenders · 11 PAC gifts $175,717
Shared backers of the sponsors
Lobbying clients, PACs, or outside spenders tied to more than one of this bill's sponsors — through lobbying that named them, PAC gifts to their campaigns, or outside spending in their races. About the sponsors' money and lobbying, not a claim about this bill.
- Friends Of The High Line, Inc. Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- New Yorkers For A Better Future 2025 Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- United For NYC'S Future Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- Hotel Workers for Stronger Communities Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- NYC District Council of Carpenters Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- NYSNA PAC Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- 32BJ SEIU American Dream Fund Tied to 3 of the 4 sponsors
- No More 24 PAC Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- Verizon Corporate Resources Group LLC Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- World Animal Protection Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- Coalition for Fairness in SoHo and NoHo, Inc. Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors
- Harlem Junior Tennis and Education Program, Inc. Tied to 2 of the 4 sponsors