NYC Council slams Mamdani’s Legionnaires’ response after vague vow of ‘sweeping’ reforms

Source: New York Post

City lawmakers Wednesday slammed Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s response to the summer’s Legionnaires’ outbreak on the Upper East Side that claimed 11 lives — one day after he tried to get ahead of the controversy with “sweeping new measures” to combat the disease.   The City Council and Big Apple civic leaders blamed City Hall’s lack of preparedness for the deadly health crisis that also killed seven New Yorkers last year, prompting lawmakers to now adopt stricter measures to prevent the disease. “We need to be proactive instead of reactive,” railed Valerie S.