Lawsuit filed after a deadly Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem, alleging negligence by construction firms and NYC.

The event, set for Sept. 9, will honor influential figures such as Ruth Carter, Christiane Pendarvis and Usher.

Two construction workers are suing over workplace safety after being hospitalized with Legionnaires’ disease amid a deadly outbreak in central Harlem. Their illnesses came after working near a Harlem Hospital Center cooling tower that tested positive for the bacteria that causes the disease.

Two construction workers who claim they contracted Legionnaires' disease while working at or near Harlem Hospital Center are suing contractors they allege failed to safeguard water cooling towers at the building against contamination by the bacteria that causes the illness.

The article 77-Year-Old From East Harlem Goes Missing, Police Says appeared first on Harlem Patch. EAST HARLEM, NY — Police were looking Wednesday for a 77-year-old man from East Harlem after he was reported missing, New York City Police Department officials said.

Rainwater left untreated in cooling towers atop city-owned Harlem Hospital fueled the Big Apple’s deadliest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in a decade, the Rev. Al Sharpton charged Tuesday.

Cops received a 911 call for an assault in progress on W. 128th St. near Frederick Douglass Blvd. Responding officers found the victim with multiple stab wounds throughout his body.

The transit agency inked a nearly $2 billion contract on Monday to begin major construction work on a subway line that's been floated for a century.