The Parks Department is managing to keep its 51 pools open, but not always at full capacity.
Mayor Eric Adams at Mullaly Park in the Bronx on Sunday, July 31st, 2022.
A bike messenger, Jackson has been coming to the pool since he was a child. On Sunday, as he sunbathed on a lounge chair, he spoke approvingly of how the facility, which underwent a renovation in 2020, is managed.But asked what he likes most about the pool, he responded, “It’s close to home.” The visit by the mayor comes as New York, like other cities, struggles with a lifeguard shortage that early on forced sudden closures and lines at pools that could not open at full capacity. Last month, facing criticism that the city was not doing enough to recruit new lifeguards, the Adams administrationto negotiate a temporary pay bump and an easier test requirement for those manning shallower mini pools.
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