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Introduction of Intro 643 - Plan for indoor basketball court use during inclement weather
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Council Member Krishnan introduces Intro 643, sponsored by Council Member Kevin Riley, which aims to increase access to indoor basketball courts and gyms during inclement weather. The bill requires coordination between the Parks Department and the Department of Education to create a comprehensive plan for utilizing indoor facilities.
- The plan would address how the Parks Department could facilitate the use of city-maintained or operated indoor basketball courts.
- It requires coordination with other relevant agencies to facilitate the use of indoor basketball courts and gyms.
- The bill also aims to identify private indoor basketball courts potentially available for use.
- Krishnan emphasizes the importance of this bill in providing constructive activities for youth and addressing public health through increased access to recreational spaces.
Shekar Krishnan
0:06:21
Finally, intro number six forty three, sponsored by my colleague, council member Kevin Riley, would require that the Parks Department, in coordination with the DOE, create a plan to identify and facilitate the use of indoor basketball courts and gyms for organized basketball leagues to use when weather would not permit use of outdoor basketball courts.
0:06:40
The plan would in part address how DPR could facilitate the use of indoor basketball courts that are maintained or operated by the city, how the Parks Department could coordinate with other relevant agencies to facilitate the use of indoor basketball courts and gyms, and identify private indoor basketball courts potentially available for use.
0:06:57
What I really like about this bill as well is that it is thinking in creative ways about when we can't use our outdoor playgrounds, when it's raining outside, when it's cold, how we think about opening up our indoor basketball courts for children to play inside, to engage our youth positively in constructive activities and keep them off the streets, and make sure that we are addressing public space and public health through this legislation.
0:07:23
It is a great way to think about all of these bills together, how we make these facilities more accessible.
0:07:29
We start with our basketball courts.
0:07:31
We start with our playgrounds.
0:07:33
We need to expand to our tracks that we have in our city, as well as our swimming pools too.
0:07:38
Each of these bills is yet another step forward to make sure that every New Yorker has access to quality public space nearby, whether it's for a playground, for a park, or to play basketball indoors during cold weather, which I hope council member Reilly and I will do one day too.