Committee on Health meeting
September 2, 2026, 10:00 AM
The Health Committee pairs an oversight hearing on New York City's response to the 2026 Legionnaires' disease cluster with a package of eight bills aimed at preventing the next outbreak. Most target cooling towers, the usual source of the bacteria, through new cleaning requirements (Int 1006-2026), analyses of towers tied to clusters (Int 1017-2026), and an annual interagency compliance review. The rest would set up temporary testing sites and a digital map (Int 0999-2026), a Legionnaires' hotline (Int 1016-2026), a public database of affected locations, tenant shower-hose and information rules (Int 0181-2026), and public education efforts (Int 1005-2026).
Agenda
9 items
- T2026-2320 Oversight - Legionnaires’ Disease, Cooling Tower Inspections, and Keeping New Yorkers Safe.
- Int 0181-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring building owners to provide shower hoses and informational materials on Legionnaires’ disease to tenants
- Int 0999-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing temporary Legionnaires’ disease testing sites and a digital map of testing sites
- Int 1005-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to education and outreach about Legionnaires’ disease and disease outbreaks
- Int 1006-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to cleaning requirements for cooling towers
- Int 1016-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to establishing a Legionnaires’ disease hotline
- Int 1017-2026 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring analyses of cooling towers associated with Legionnaires’ disease clusters
- T2026-2364 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring an annual interagency cooling tower compliance review and increasing related enforcement
- T2026-2422 A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring the commissioner of health and mental hygiene to maintain a public database of locations impacted by legionella