REMARKS
Parks Department's efforts to educate the public about water safety
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Commissioner Donoghue outlines the Parks Department's efforts to educate the public about water safety, particularly at beaches. She highlights various initiatives undertaken during the summer season.
- Urban park rangers tabled at beaches, providing materials and information
- Flyers available in multiple languages about water dangers, especially rip currents
- Parks enforcement patrol present on beaches until 9 PM
- Budget allocation approach explained, noting equitable distribution across boroughs
Sue Donoghue
0:42:37
Thank you for the question, council member.
0:42:39
And just to add to what you said, we completely agree, and that's why this summer we had our great urban park rangers tabling at beaches.
0:42:50
In the rockways and in Kony Island, handing out materials, printed materials.
0:42:56
The, you know, the core part of what the urban park rangers do is educate and inform them.
0:43:01
And so they were their tabling to let people know and New Yorkers know about the dangers of the water, specifically around rip currents and rip tides.
0:43:10
We made flyers available in multiple languages.
0:43:13
So a whole host and also had our, you know, parks enforcement patrol out and on the beaches until 9 o'clock after hours, whole host of things that were done to help amplify that messaging around being safe and educating New Yorkers.
0:43:28
In terms of our budget, we do not break down our budget by specific amenities.
0:43:35
So we don't have a breakdown of, you know, pools versus beaches, but we look to spread our budget equitably across all of the five boroughs.
