The City Council's Committee on Parks and Recreation will discuss several measures on Wednesday confronting access to public pools and swimming safety.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.The City Council is considering a bill that would require the city Parks Department to find sites where new pools could be built, with a focus on low-income or minority communities., the Department of Parks and Recreation would conduct a survey of sites already owned by the city to find locations where it would make sense to build new public swimming pools.
The bill also would also require the Parks Department to provide free swim lessons to children and adults. The city currently provides free swim lessons with an NYC Parks Recreation Center membership. “We want to make sure we're paying a competitive wage to lifeguards so that we don't have a shortage that we've seen over the last few years,” Brooks-Powers said.
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