Adams, Hochul Float New Pools for NYC

Floating Pools Will Help Kids Cool, Learn to Swim 

Mayor Eric Adams and New York Governor Kathy Hochul announce a first-of-its-kind floating swimming pool in city waters — expanding swimming access and addressing equity gaps for city residents as extreme heat events rise. Children’s Aid – Dunlevy Milbank Center, Manhattan. Photo by Ed Reed/Mayoral Photography Office.

NYC News Network 

January 8, 2024

NEW YORK - Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul reported a first-of-its-kind floating pool in city waters — extending swimming access and ddressing equity gaps for city residents as extreme heat events rise. Adams and Hochul reported that the city and state will mutually finance a +Pool — a water-filtering, floating, compact pool that will offer New Yorkers another space to swim in the waters encompassing New York City.

“When we came into office two years ago, we had a mission: Protect public safety, revitalize the economy, and make this city more livable for hardworking New Yorkers,” Adams said.  “Every day, we are delivering on this vision for New Yorkers, including by investing in our children’s safety with new swimming infrastructure. I’m proud to partner with Governor Hochul to bring the +Pool, a unique and innovative swimming pool, to New York City — expanding access to swimming for all New Yorkers.”

“As part of my new NY SWIMS initiative — the Statewide Investment in Municipal Swimming — I’m proud to partner with Mayor Adams to advance a long-stalled, innovative floating pool concept: the +Pool,” said Governor Hochul. “Drowning is the leading cause of death for children ages 1-4 and extreme heat is making the need for safe summer recreation more urgent than ever. NY SWIMS is a bold ambitious plan to tackle this issue here in New York City and across the State of New York.”

“Whether you are a young person taking swimming lessons or an older adult enjoying recreational time cooling off in the water, increased swimming access is a benefit to all New Yorkers,” said Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services Anne Williams-Isom. “We are hopeful that this unique project will ultimately result in expanded access to swimming, help address equity access gaps, and show how a strong city-state partnership can benefit the community and the environment.”

The +Pool will be tried in the late spring of 2024 and, in the wake of satisfying all wellbeing and security necessities, is planned to be opened to general society one year from now. To assist with guaranteeing drifting pools meet all suitable general wellbeing guidelines, the New York State Branch of Wellbeing is delivering new direction covering this new classification of pools.

The present declaration expands on the city's work to grow admittance to pools across New York City, including $147 million for another amusement place with an indoor pool at Roy Wilkins Park in St. Albans, Sovereigns, and the $141 million Shirley Chisholm Diversion Center with an indoor pool in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. New York City Parks is one of the biggest suppliers of free swim classes in the city and their free, all year aquatics programming permits New Yorkers to make swimming a lifetime entertainment and wellness propensity.