Victims of the deadly Legionnaires’ disease outbreak gripping Harlem will sue the Big Apple for allegedly letting bacteria fester in city-owned cooling towers , it was announced Wednesday.

The city was hit by notices of claim — or formal declarations of an intent to sue — from two construction workers for claim they contracted Legionnaires’ because both the city and their employers allegedly failed to keep them safe.

“This wasn’t a natural disaster,” high-profile civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a press conference announcing the legal action with the Rev. Al Sharpton. 5

“The medical tragedy that led to the deaths of five citizens from Harlem, that we know about, was a completely preventable outbreak,” Crump charged.

The notices stem from a pair of lawsuits, also filed W

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