Legionnaires’ Disease has once again taken lives in New York City. In Harlem, more than 100 people have been sickened and several have died. Sadly, this is not the first outbreak. In 2015, 12 people died at the Opera House Hotel in the Bronx. In 2022, two people died and 24 were infected in Highbridge, while five died in a Morningside Heights nursing home.
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The Bronx has welcomed tens of thousands of people who came here in search of a better life. That hasn’t changed. What has changed is the system’s capacity and political will to support them.
Over the past two years, thousands of asylum seekers and immigrant families have come to our borough. Without access to work permits, many turned to selling food, clothes, and essential goods on the streets to survive.
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This week, proposed legislation to address a longstanding gap in state law that has denied death benefits to the children of late NYPD Detective Miosotis Familia did not advance, when New York State Assembly legislation (A.8810) was not passed. The New York City Council had unanimously passed a Home Rule Message to support the state legislation on June 12, and the New York State Senate passed its version of the legislation on June 13.
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New York, NY — In response to yesterday’s fatal helicopter crash along the Hudson River, New York City Council Majority Leader Amanda Farías released a statement calling for swift and serious action to address the ongoing risks posed by non-essential helicopter traffic in New York City.
“Today’s helicopter crash along the Hudson River is a devastating tragedy, and my heart goes out to the families who have lost loved ones,” said Majority Leader Farías.
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