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The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side has claimed a second life, even as city health officials say new infections have slowed sharply. The NYC Health Department confirmed the second death late Saturday night, a day after reporting the outbreak’s first death. As of Saturday, 72 people had been diagnosed in connection with the cluster, of whom two have died, nine remain hospitalized, 50 have been discharged, and 11 never required hospitalization, according to the department.

The Legionnaires’ disease outbreak on the Upper East Side has claimed its first life. According to the NYC Health Department, the community cluster centered in Carnegie Hill and Yorkville has now grown to 71 cases, and one person has died in connection with the outbreak — the first fatality since the first cases surfaced in early July. The count has climbed steadily over the past two weeks.

Police are asking for help tracking down a man who walked off with a worker’s belongings from a food truck parked near the East 85th Street entrance to Central Park, and what was tucked inside that bag turned an ordinary swipe into a grand larceny case. The theft happened Sunday, June 21 at about 8:07 p.m., according to the NYPD, when an unidentified man approached the rear of a food truck, grabbed a backpack without permission, and took off on foot in an unknown direction.

Just months after opening inside one of the Upper East Side’s most recognizable buildings, a new neighborhood restaurant has quietly picked up one of the dining world’s most sought-after nods. That restaurant is Marcel, the French spot inside the landmark Breuer building at 945 Madison Avenue (between 75th and 76th streets), which was among the newest batch of New York additions to the Michelin Guide.

Lu Dream Spa opened earlier this month at 234 East 60th Street (between Second and Third avenues), bringing its take on the Asian head spa to the Upper East Side. The signature treatment draws on traditional Chinese scalp therapy, pairing a gentle cleanse with a pressure-point massage and aromatherapy meant to ease tension and clear the mind, while the rest of the menu runs to gua sha facials, essential-oil body and foot massages, and a holistic outer-ear cleansing ritual.

The Pavilion, a rental building at 500 East 77th Street (Google Maps) Renting in New York City could look different in the coming years if the Mamdani administration gets its way. On Thursday the city released its “Rental Ripoff Report,” a package of 23 policy actions aimed at making it easier to find an apartment, report problems and hold negligent landlords accountable.

One of the Upper East Side’s most prestigious private schools went before Community Board 8’s Landmarks Committee this week with an ambitious plan to grow its lower school — and walked away with a rare public rebuke. The proposal would remake a stretch of Madison Avenue that Carnegie Hill neighbors have treasured for decades, permanently wiping out a ground-floor storefront that generations of families relied on.

A self-serve frozen yogurt shop that’s drawn lines wrapped around the block at its two downtown locations is bringing its Australian-style froyo uptown — and the signage is already up on a prominent UES corner. Mimi’s will open at 997 Lexington Avenue at East 72nd Street, marking the brand’s third New York shop and its first on the Upper East Side. The company officially announced the location on Instagram this week, and a storefront sign has gone up at the space.

Two weeks after the first cases surfaced, the Legionnaires’ disease cluster centered on the Upper East Side has grown to 63 confirmed cases — and while the pace of new infections finally appears to be easing, the city still hasn’t pinned down which of the neighborhood’s cooling towers is actually making people sick. As of July 14, the outbreak had sickened 63 people, with 12 hospitalizations and 40 people discharged.

The fight over the 24-hour workday, which has spent the last four months parked outside City Hall, moved uptown this week and landed on the Council Speaker’s doorstep. A group of home attendants — most of them older immigrant women, several of them using canes — began a two-week sit-in Tuesday morning on the sidewalk outside 20 East End Avenue (between 80th and 81st streets), the Yorkville condominium building that organizers identify as the home of City Council Speaker Julie Menin.