The posh High Line Hotel has tested positive for Legionnaires’ disease – which has killed seven people in the Big Apple so far this summer — and its operator is allegedly refusing requests by workers to warn guests about the outbreak, The Post has learned.
According to union leadership of the 40,000-strong Hotel & Gaming Trades Council (HTC), the High Line Hotel, owned by MCR – the third-largest hotel owner-operator in the US – performed a Legionella test several weeks ago that measured 170 cfu/ml.
When the union asked them to provide proof of remediation, the hotel initially refused but finally relented after an arbitration hearing, at which…
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