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Water Safety Crisis Amid Staff Shortage | New York City News
A major city health department unit, responsible for testing water for Legionella, is dangerously understaffed—with over a third of its 56 required water ecologists vacant despite a $13 million budget boost. As a deadly Legionnaires’ outbreak claims lives and sickens dozens, the shortage critically undermines crisis response, especially for vulnerable populations. While the department reports increased inspections and a declining trend in new cases, hundreds of building owners have ignored mandatory cooling tower testing, revealing a deeper systemic failure where compliance and staffing gaps…
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