“I feel like I'm a hostage right here in my own apartment. Afraid to go out.' Three Bronx residents are suing the Doe Fund, the nonprofit owner of a building on Jerome Avenue that’s been linked to a recent deadly outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease.
A rendering of the 1325 Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, a nonprofit apartment building that's been linked to a recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease.A rendering of the 1325 Jerome Avenue in the Bronx, a nonprofit apartment building that's been linked to a recent outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease.Anita Long has lived in the South Bronx for nearly 30 years and is deeply involved in her community.
“I'm afraid,” Long, 65, told Gothamist, adding she still experiences shortness of breath. “I feel like I'm a hostage right here in my own apartment. Afraid to go out. Afraid to do the things that I've normally been doing.” Legionnaires’ disease is a severe form of pneumonia caused by Legionella bacteria, which can grow and spread in buildings’ cooling towers, hot water tanks and other parts of their water systems. Those who are over 50, smoke, or have chronic lung disease or diabetes areon the disease from the New York City Health Department covers 2007 through 2017. During those years, the incidence of Legionnaires’ nearly doubled, from 2.3 cases per 100,000 residents in 2007 to 4.3 per 100,000 in 2017.
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