Rainwater left untreated in cooling towers atop city-owned Harlem Hospital fueled the Big Apple’s deadliest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in a decade, the Rev. Al Sharpton charged Tuesday.

Four people have died as a result of a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak in Harlem that has sickened nearly 100 people, and officials revealed the cooling towers that tested positive for the bacteria that causes the illness — some of which are at properties owned by New York City,

Governor Kathy Hochul defended New York City's response to the Legionnaires' outbreak after officials confirmed the death toll had risen to five.

Gov. Kathy Hochul brushed off concerns about the city’s handling of Legionnaires’ disease prevention efforts on Tuesday after a fifth New Yorker died in an outbreak gripping Harlem.