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How has the number of lifeguard test sites in NYC changed, and where are they located?
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The number of lifeguard test sites in NYC doubled from 9 in 2023 to 17 in 2024, with expansions in the outer boroughs and several new partnerships.
- Lifeguard test sites increased from 9 in 2023 to 17 in 2024.
- Sites are spread across outer boroughs, including partnerships with Fordham University and Fort Hamilton High School.
- Curtis High School in Staten Island is among the new locations, covering every borough.
- New training sites include DOE schools and a plan to train participants at Hamilton High School for the first time.
- Recruitment efforts have expanded, targeting PSAL swim meets and championships.
Shekar Krishnan
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Where where are the test sites exactly, and how many sites it doubled from what to what?
Sue Donoghue
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So the number doubled from 9 to 17.
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9 in 2023 to 17 in 20 24.
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They're in all they're in the outer boroughs.
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We had a great partnership with Fordham Universe.
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And the Bronx.
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They opened up their doors for us for a lifeguard qualifying test.
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Fort Hamilton High School in Brooklyn.
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Great facility opened up their doors as well.
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To have more qualifying tests so that we could capture individuals from Staten Island and Brooklyn to bring more people in, Iris, what other I would I was
Emily Chase
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Okay.
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No.
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa
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So so just so thank you thank you chair.
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No.
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So we've had as the commissioner said, we've this year increased so much in terms of having the DOE schools have opened up their doors, so we went like, we doubled some of the men schools that we've gone throughout the city because we wanted to make sure that we had an equitable number of locations throughout the city in in Queens, in the Bronx, in in Staten Island.
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We had Curtis High School in Staten Island, and we've had every borough has been covered to to be able to do that.
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So we appreciate it.
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As the commissioner mentioned, Fordham University, which was a a first for a first for us to be able to have individuals be able to come there.
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So we are very proud of the efforts that we've made.
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And along those lines also, we're having we're having 3 training situations.
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We have one that's already started, one that's about to start now in March at Gertrude Melody.
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And then we also have a very new site, which when you talk about the partnerships, we talk about DOE is offering a 4 for Hamilton High School will now be a a new site for the first time to be able to allow for participants from Staten Island and Brooklyn to be able to be fully trained to through the lifeguard school at that location.
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So we're very proud of the efforts that we've made.
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And again, we've gone too many in terms of the recruitment efforts We've exceeded so much in terms of PSAL.
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We've gone to many of their swim to their schools when they've had their swim meet and their championship events.
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So we're very proud of of the efforts that this agency and the city has made in in this realm.
Shekar Krishnan
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Thank you so much for the update.