Upper East Side

Manhole mystery continues as three more men are seen climbing out of sewer in Bensonhurst Brooklyn. Erica Byfield with the latest.

Police were still searching for at least one other person who was seen on surveillance video coming out of the same manhole.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani is switching up New York City’s strategy when it comes to battling Legionnaires’ disease, which killed 11 people this summer. What is changing? NBC New York’s Melissa Colorado reports.

The 11 deaths top the total number of deaths in a similar outbreak in Harlem in 2025, when seven people lost their lives.

Mayor Zohran Mamdani has unveiled a new plan to strengthen the city’s response to Legionnaires’ disease as officials work to get ahead of future outbreaks. NBC New York’s Romney Smith reports.

The 11 deaths top the total number of deaths in an outbreak last year

The 11 deaths top the total number of deaths in a similar outbreak in Harlem in 2025, when seven people lost their lives.

After waiting nearly two weeks, the family of a New York City woman who went missing while on vacation in Las Vegas finally has an answer as to what happened to her — but it wasn’t the answer anyone was hoping for. Chris Jose has more details. 

The family of a New York City woman who went missing while on vacation in Las Vegas finally has an answer as to what happened to her — but it wasn’t the answer anyone was hoping for.

A 63-year-old grandmother from Brooklyn has been missing in Las Vegas for more than a week. Her family is desperate for answers. Chris Jose reports.

A seventh death tied to the Manhattan Legionnaires’ cluster was confirmed by city health officials Thursday, as the death toll is now equal to the number of people who died in an outbreak in Harlem in Summer 2025. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

NYC health officials confirmed a seventh death in connection to the Legionnaires’ outbreak on the Upper East Side, matching the number of lives lost in a similar outbreak in Harlem in 2025.

Officials said 110 violations have been issued to Upper East Side building owners for failing to comply with rules for cooling tower maintenance, including one that received nine violations and was fined $9,000.

A sixth person has died in connection to the outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in a Manhattan neighborhood.

The city says more buildings on the Upper East Side have tested positive for having the live legionella bacteria in cooling towers. Health officials have said it could be weeks longer before DNA testing will determine which tower or towers contributed to 84 Legionnaires cases including five deaths and whether the building owners followed the laws to test and disinfect....

More than a dozen Upper East Side buildings have been added to the list of addresses that tested positive for the live bacteria causing the Legionnaires’ outbreak, the health department said in its latest update. The addendum comes two days after health officials released a preliminary list of 33 buildings with cooling towers that yielded positive results for live Legionella….

New York City on Wednesday released a list of 50 addresses where 51 cooling towers were found to contain live Legionella, the bacteria responsible for that deadly outbreak on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The results show that there may not be a particular source that started the outbreak, but rather multiple sources could have contributed to it. The cooling towers…

A fifth person has died as a result of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Manhattan, the health department said, which also shared that dozens of buildings were found to have live legionella bacteria in their cooling towers.

There could be multiple sources of the Upper East Side Legionnaires’ outbreak that has now resulted in four deaths. NBC New York’s Melissa Russo reports.

A fourth person has died in connection with an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in Manhattan, according to city health officials, hours after Mayor Mamdani said the source appeared to have been eliminated.