Legionnaires' Outbreak Highlights the City-State Disconnect

The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 12, 2015

Mayor de Blasio and Governor Cuomo have not exactly presented a united front as the city confronts the outbreak of Legionnaires' Disease. WNYC's City Hall and politics reporter Brigid Bergin and Dan Goldberg, POLITICO New York reporter covering city politics, hospitals and health care, discuss the latest disconnect between the governor and mayor, plus the City Council bill that will be voted on Thursday that would require building owners to inspect cooling towers more carefully.

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