May. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
NYC Parks recently began removing abandoned boats from the waters off City Island in the Bronx under the auspices of its new Office of Marine Debris Removal and Vessel Surrendering, which opened in Brooklyn on Apr. 15.
May. 1, 2024 By Bill Parry
NYC Parks recently began removing abandoned boats from the waters off City Island in the Bronx under the auspices of its new Office of Marine Debris Removal and Vessel Surrendering, which opened in Brooklyn on Apr. 15.
Apr. 1, 2024 By Athena Dawson The NYC Parks Department has teamed up with the Department of Education to offer swimming lessons to second graders throughout the city. The lessons, which are part of the “Swim For Life” water safety program and have been running since October, aim to prevent childhood drownings. The ten-week program…
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Sep. 28, 2023 By Bill Parry Speaker Adrienne Adams welcomed young students from P.S. 40 Samuel Huntington Elementary School to the reopening of Jamaica Playground after a $4.6 million reconstruction project and turned a ribbon-cutting ceremony into a teachable moment for the youngsters on Sept. 27. “For far too long, neighborhoods like ours have been…
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