Legionella bacteria found in Yonkers high school

The city is in the process of extensive cleaning and preventative maintenance of all city-owned and operated cooling towers in response to the outbreak in New York City.

Those tests found “higher-than-acceptable” levels of the Legionnaires’ disease bacteria at several buildings at the time, and those cooling towers were treated effectively, according to university officials.

Additionally, the law has been updated to require cooling towers, fluid coolers, and evaporative condensers to be registered with the City, which must be performed by September. 17.

Department of Public Works Commissioner Tom Meier says the school’s cooling towers were cleaned and disinfected right away, before Gov. Andrew Cuomo implemented new rules that…

West Chester University treated cooling towers on campus after Legionnaires’ disease bacteria was detected. Symptoms include fever, cough, chills and muscle aches. While the hot water is turned off, the hot water systems in the buildings are being super-chlorinated to kill the bacteria.

The hotel was formerly the Bronx Opera House, which opened in 1913 and hosted entertainers, including the Marx Brothers comedians and illusionist Harry Houdini.