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Attorney Ben Crump has notified the city of four claims and says more are expected.
Dr. Michelle Morse defended the city's response to the summer disease outbreak in Central Harlem in which seven people died and more than 100 were sickened.
Of the 114 people who became sick in Central Harlem, seven people died and six others remain hospitalized.
City officials say the Bronx cases are connected to the buildings' plumbing system.
Just a single case of the severe pneumonia was added to the city's tally on Monday; it's still the deadliest outbreak in years.
The number of those stricken by the disease also inched up.
The staffing shortage hampered the city’s ability to inspect cooling towers where legionella bacteria grew, officials say.
The workers allege that general contractors share blame for the disease outbreak in Central Harlem.
Some in the area say they were unaware of the outbreak of Legionnaires' disease, let alone the location of problem sites.
Twelve towers in Central Harlem tested positive for the bacteria. Ninety-nine people have been sickened and four have died.