Victims of the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak gripping Harlem will sue the Big Apple for allegedly letting bacteria fester in city-owned cooling towers, it was announced Wednesday. The city was hit by notices of claim — or formal declarations of an intent to sue — from two construction workers for claim they contracted Legionnaires’ because both the city and their employers allegedly failed to keep them safe.

About one in 10 people who get sick from Legionnaires' disease die from the disease due to complications from illness, CDC said.

A pair of construction companies overlooked safety concerns, causing a “completely preventable” outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in New York City that's killed at least five people and sickened dozens more,