Legionnaires, New York
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Healthbeat on MSNResidents question health officials about why Harlem is a Legionnaires’ hotspot
At a town hall on Thursday, Harlem residents raised questions and concerns about the Legionnaires’ disease outbreak that has resulted in nearly 100 cases and four deaths since last month.
New York City's taxpayer-funded safe injection site faces criticism as locals report public intercourse and defecation disrupting their East Harlem community.
New York City has filed plans to turn 413 East 120th Street into a 21-story, 270,000-square-foot residential building with 282 units.
The city’s Department of Housing Preservation and Development filed a land-use application this week to lease city-owned property at 1727 Amsterdam Ave. to the developer Bowery Residents’ Committee, so BRC can build a nine-story, 143,000-square-foot apartment building with 200 affordable units.
The museum’s long-awaited new building will open amid a changing neighborhood and in tense political times. For many in the community, it couldn’t come soon enough.