- The Guggenheim’s cooling tower tested positive for Legionella but the museum stayed open, completed remediation and officials say there’s no current risk to visitors.
- The city ordered 31 Upper East Side buildings to clean and disinfect cooling towers after a cluster of more than 50 Legionnaires’ cases (fewer than 20 people remain hospitalized; no deaths reported).
- Legionella spreads through warm building water systems like cooling towers—not person-to-person—and older adults, smokers and people with lung or immune issues are at higher risk.
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