File #: Int 1017-2023    Version: Name: Lifeguards at public beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted (Mayor's Desk for Signature)
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 4/27/2023
Enactment date: Law number:
Title: A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to lifeguards 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, Shahana K. Hanif, Eric Dinowitz, Christopher Marte, Marjorie Velázquez, Kamillah Hanks, Alexa Avilés, Amanda Farías, Carlina Rivera , Mercedes Narcisse, Julie Won, Rita C. Joseph, Darlene Mealy, Inna Vernikov, Ari Kagan, Public Advocate Jumaane Williams
Council Member Sponsors: 22
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 issues.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1017-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1017, 3. Int. No. 1017, 4. Committee Report 4/26/23, 5. Hearing Testimony 4/26/23, 6. Hearing Transcript 4/26/23, 7. April 27, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 8. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 4-27-23, 9. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - April 27, 2023, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1017-A - 9/7/23, 11. Committee Report 9/14/23, 12. Hearing Transcript 9/14/23, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. Fiscal Impact Statement, 15. September 14, 2023 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 16. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-14-23
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9/14/2023AShekar Krishnan City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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9/14/2023*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/14/2023*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/14/2023*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/14/2023AShekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/2023*Shekar Krishnan City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/27/2023*Shekar Krishnan City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/26/2023*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
4/26/2023*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1017-A

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Louis, Riley, Restler, Lee, Brewer, Menin, Hanif, Dinowitz, Marte, Velázquez, Hanks, Avilés, Farías, Rivera, Narcisse, Won, Joseph, Mealy, Vernikov, Kagan and the Public Advocate (Mr. Williams)

 

A Local Law to amend the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to lifeguards 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 18-163 to read as follows:

§ 18-163 Report on staffing and training at beaches and pools. a. No later than November 1, 2024 and every November 1 thereafter, the department shall submit a report to the mayor and the speaker of the council regarding the number of lifeguards 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 hired to work at beaches and outdoor pools under the jurisdiction of the department for the bathing season that year;

2. The number of lifeguards hired to work at indoor pools located at recreation centers under the jurisdiction of the department as of October 1 of that year;

3.  A description of the safety training that is provided to lifeguards at beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department as of October 1 of that year, including information on how often such training is provided;

4. The number and location of incidents that required emergency assistance by a lifeguard at each beach and pool under the jurisdiction of the department that occurred during the immediately preceding 12 months ending October 1 of that year; and

5. The number of indoor and outdoor pools that are under the jurisdiction of the department, the number of such pools closed to the public for maintenance or other purposes as of October 1 of that year, and when each closed pool is estimated to be reopened for public use.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

 

 

 

 

 

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