The event, set for Sept. 9, will honor influential figures such as Ruth Carter, Christiane Pendarvis and Usher.

Rainwater left untreated in cooling towers atop city-owned Harlem Hospital fueled the Big Apple’s deadliest Legionnaire’s disease outbreak in a decade, the Rev. Al Sharpton charged Tuesday.

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Two construction workers who claim they contracted Legionnaires' disease while working at or near Harlem Hospital Center are suing contractors they allege failed to safeguard water cooling towers at the building against contamination by the bacteria that causes the illness.

A Legionnaires' outbreak in Harlem has prompted concerns about NYC's health oversight after a decline in cooling tower inspectors, despite funding increases. Former Governor Cuomo seeks an independent probe into the city's handling of the crisis.

The Richmond community is mourning the loss of one of its basketball stars: former Harlem Globetrotter Clyde “the Glide” Austin.

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Cops received a 911 call for an assault in progress on W. 128th St. near Frederick Douglass Blvd. Responding officers found the victim with multiple stab wounds throughout his body.