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Just in time for a scorching heat dome to bring 101º temps to NYC and the first day of summer to arrive, Mayor Eric Adams has launched “Let’s Swim NYC” with over $1 billion in renovations to public pools across all five boroughs.
According to a press release, 39 public pools will receive major renovations over the course of the next five years, NYC’s “highest period of investment in swimming infrastructure since the 1970s.”
In addition to the pools receiving renovations, two brand new indoor pools were just unveiled at Harry S. Truman High School Campus in the Bronx. Seven other pools across six city campuses were also recently updated.
Source / New York City Public Schools Press Office
Of the more than $1 billion, approximately $85 million will go towards protecting aging infrastructure, including pool tub repairs, electrical and structural work, utility and ventilation upgrades, and new decks, lighting, and filtration systems.
Upgraded outdoor public pools that can be enjoyed as soon as this summer include:
John Jay Pool, Manhattan
Sheltering Arms Pool, Manhattan
Highbridge Pool, Manhattan
Jackie Robinson Pool, Manhattan
Astoria Pool, Queens
Betsy Head Pool, Brooklyn
Edenwald Playground Pool, Bronx
West Brighton Pool, Staten Island
Lyons Pool, Staten Island
Source / NYC Parks
Moreover, a $147 million recreation center with an indoor pool is being built at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans, Queens, as well as an indoor pool at the $141 million Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, the first pools to be built in NYC parks since 2008.
As for who will be patrolling the pools, the Adams administration is battling a nationwide lifeguard shortage and taking necessary steps to ensure that as many of NYC’s pools and beaches as possible can be open for safe swimming this summer. This builds on the city’s agreement earlier this year to raise city lifeguard pay to $22 an hour and offer a $1,000 per year bonus for returning lifeguards.
Source / NYC Parks
Mayor Adams stated:
New York City’s pools and beaches are incredible places for New Yorkers to come together, learn to swim, and beat the heat—and as climate change makes heat waves like this week’s more common and more severe, the need for pools has never been greater. We’re making a splash with our billion-dollar investment over five years, which will open up more, better pools in all five boroughs for working-class New Yorkers to freely use. That’s how we make New York City a more livable place for everyone lucky enough to call the greatest city in the world home.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Parks and Recreation (NYC Parks) Commissioner Sue Donoghue today launched Let’s Swim NYC. Let’s Swim NYC is a more than $1 billion capital investment in building, improving, and protecting New York City’s public pools over the course of five years (between Fiscal Year 2024 and Fiscal Year 2028). This funding will mark the city’s highest period of investment in swimming infrastructure…
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