File #: Int 1017-2023    Version: * Name: Lifeguards and staff at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
Type: Introduction Status: Committee
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 4/27/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Laws to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to lifeguards and staff at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Farah N. Louis, Kevin C. Riley, Lincoln Restler, Linda Lee, Gale A. Brewer, Julie Menin
Council Member Sponsors: 7
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) to submit an annual report to the Mayor and Council on staffing levels and training for the City's pools and beaches programs, including information on the seasonal recruitment of lifeguards, the number of emergencies that occurred at each beach and pool and the current number of pools that are closed for public use due to maintenance or other issue.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1017, 2. Int. No. 1017, 3. Committee Report 4/26/23, 4. Hearing Testimony 4/26/23, 5. Hearing Transcript 4/26/23, 6. April 27, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 7. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-27-23

Int. No. 1017

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Louis, Riley, Restler, Lee, Brewer and Menin

 

A Local Laws to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to lifeguards and staff at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

Section 1. Chapter 1 of title 18 of the administrative code of the city of New York is amended by adding a new section 18-160 to read as follows:

§ 18-160 Report on staffing and training at beaches and pools. a. No later than May 1, 2024 and every year thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the mayor and the speaker of the council regarding the number of lifeguards and other staff hired to work at beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department. Such report shall include, but need not be limited to:

1. The number of lifeguards and other staff hired to work at each beach and outdoor pool for the forthcoming bathing season of each year;

2. As of the date such report is submitted, the number of lifeguards and other staff hired to work at each indoor pool located at each recreation center;

3. As of the date such report is submitted, a description of the safety training that is provided to each lifeguard and staff member at each beach and pool, including information on how often such training is provided;

4. The number and location of incidents that required emergency assistance, by a lifeguard, staff member or other emergency responder at each pool and beach that occurred during the immediately preceding year; and

5. As of the date such report is submitted, the number of indoor and outdoor pools that are under the jurisdiction of the department, the number of such pools that are currently closed to the public for maintenance or other purposes and when each closed pool is estimated to be reopened for public use.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

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4/10/23