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Chair Schulman flags discrepancy in first case dates on DOHMH websites

New York City Council · Sep 2, 2026 · starts 1:44:03 · 1 min 43 sec

Schulman points out a press release lists first cases as June 27 and 29, while the Legionnaires webpage shows June 23. Martin explains the difference between symptom onset dates and diagnosis dates, and agrees to look into the specific discrepancy.

Lynn C. Schulman

Okay, I wanted to just bring to your attention, so there's a press release on

Lynn C. Schulman

Your site on the DOHMH site that says the first cases happened in as of 627 and 629.

Lynn C. Schulman

But if you go to the DOHMH Legionnaires webpage, it shows the first case was on 623.

Lynn C. Schulman

So what's the discrepancy?

Commissioner Martin

Can you share more about which sites you're talking about?

Commissioner Martin

So is it, what site are you looking at?

Lynn C. Schulman

DOHMH did a press release.

Lynn C. Schulman

So it's on the DOHMH site.

Lynn C. Schulman

There's a press release about the second death in Upper East Side Legionnaires disease.

Lynn C. Schulman

And then it lists in that press release, it lists the first cases as from 627 and 629.

Lynn C. Schulman

But if you go to your Legionnaires webpage, it shows the first case was all the way back on 623.

Lynn C. Schulman

So I'm just asking what the discrepancy is.

Lynn C. Schulman

I don't know if it's an error or whatever, but because people are...

Lynn C. Schulman

Going up and looking at that stuff.

Lynn C. Schulman

So I just want to point that out.

Commissioner Martin

Yeah, I'd have to look at the exact sites that you're suggesting.

Lynn C. Schulman

You can take a look and then circle back with us.

Lynn C. Schulman

I would, yeah, I would appreciate that.

Commissioner Martin

Let me share, there are two different clocks that we look at when it comes to Legionnaire's disease.

Commissioner Martin

There's the symptom onset date, and then there's the diagnosis date.

Commissioner Martin

So someone might be diagnosed, for instance, on July 5th, but their symptoms might start July 1st.

Lynn C. Schulman

Because if the first case was on 6-23, that's a big difference from it being a week later.

Commissioner Martin

Yeah, we...

Commissioner Martin

We can look into it.

Lynn C. Schulman

So just, yeah.

Lynn C. Schulman

So take a look and see if you can get back to us.