{"id":147,"date":"2026-05-11T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/?p=147"},"modified":"2026-05-13T17:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T17:17:35","slug":"politico-weekly-new-york-health-care-newsletter-cm-schulmans-cooling-tower-legislation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/2026\/05\/11\/politico-weekly-new-york-health-care-newsletter-cm-schulmans-cooling-tower-legislation\/","title":{"rendered":"Politico Weekly New York Health Care Newsletter &#8211; CM Schulman&#8217;s Cooling Tower Legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">By Katelyn Cordero and Maya Kaufman<\/mark><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Building owners in New York City<\/strong>\u00a0must now test cooling towers for Legionella bacteria every 31 days while they are operating \u2014 three times more often than previously required \u2014 under new regulations that went into effect Friday. The changes were prompted by an outbreak of Legionnaires\u2019 disease last summer in Harlem.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe new cooling tower regulations taking effect today implement the legislation I was proud to champion last year following the Legionnaires\u2019 flare-up in Central Harlem and establish a more rigorous testing schedule for Legionella bacteria citywide,\u201d City Council member Lynn Schulman said in a statement Friday. \u201cMore frequent testing will help buildings identify potential problems earlier and strengthen safeguards for tenants, workers, and surrounding communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York City Health Department is slated to receive an extra $13 million in the upcoming fiscal year to hire more water ecologists to inspect cooling towers and establish a team of community health workers to respond to Legionnaires\u2019 disease clusters, city officials said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Link to story: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/weekly-new-york-health-care\/2026\/05\/11\/state-officials-mourn-the-late-george-gresham-former-1199seiu-president-00913672\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/newsletters\/weekly-new-york-health-care\/2026\/05\/11\/state-officials-mourn-the-late-george-gresham-former-1199seiu-president-00913672<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Katelyn Cordero and Maya Kaufman<\/p>\n<p><strong>Building owners in New York City<\/strong>\u00a0must now test cooling towers for Legionella bacteria every 31 days while they are operating \u2014 three times more often than previously required \u2014 under new regulations that went into effect Friday. The changes were prompted by an outbreak of Legionnaires\u2019 disease last summer in Harlem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong><small><a href=\"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/2026\/05\/11\/politico-weekly-new-york-health-care-newsletter-cm-schulmans-cooling-tower-legislation\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/small><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/351"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/council.nyc.gov\/lynn-schulman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}