Families of Harlem residents killed in the city’s recent Legionnaires’ disease outbreak stood alongside Rev. Al Sharpton and attorneys Tuesday to demand accountability for what they call a preventable tragedy and a civil rights issue.

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump and lawyers from Weitz & Luxenberg said their caseload has grown to 35 clients, including four families of deceased victims and four hospitalized construction workers.

As of Aug. 29, city health officials confirmed 114 cases, 90 hospitalizations, and seven deaths tied to the outbreak, which was traced to cooling towers atop Harlem Hospital and a nearby laboratory construction project.

The tower installed on the construction site — overseen by Skanska USA — went online in May but was never registered with the Department of Bu

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