Up Close: Health commissioner talks NYC's response to Legionnaires' outbreak on Upper East Side

NEW YORK CITY (WABC) -- There's a Legionnaires' outbreak on the Upper East Side of Manhattan with dozens of confirmed cases and several people in the hospital.

The health department is testing cooling towers to find the source of the potentially deadly bacteria.

But how long will that process take and what symptoms should people be looking out for?

On this episode of "Up Close," we'll talk to New York City's Health Commissioner Dr. Alister Martin.

And we'll discuss Laura Kavanagh. She was the first woman to become New York City's fire commissioner and also the youngest person to hold that job.

Kavanagh led a department of 17,000 employees---mostly men. Now, she's teaching a course at NYU's Wagner School called, "Girl on Fire: How Ordinary People Become Extraordinary Leaders."

We'll talk to her about what it takes to break the glass ceiling.

Up Close with Liz Cho airs Sundays at 11:00 a.m. on Channel 7, WABC-TV in New York City.

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