NY Gov. Kathy Hochul bumps NYC lifeguard pay amid shortage
Governor Kathy Hochul is boosting pay for lifeguards to attract more applicants to state beaches — as New York City is facing shore staffing problems […]
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Adams promises review after report reveals lifeguard shortage
Mayor Eric Adams promised on Tuesday to review regulations after press reports that bureaucratic snafus and union rules are exacerbating the Big Apple’s lifeguard shortage, […]
NYC struggles to survive lifeguard shortage of summer 2022
Lifeguards around the Big Apple are fearing shrinkage this summer — of their corps numbers. As one-third of pools and beaches across the US could […]
Lifeguard shortage could shutter a third of US public pools this summer
No shirt, no shoes, no lifeguards? This summer, families looking for an open community pool or a guarded public beach might find it difficult due […]
Chief NYC lifeguard refused to be questioned over ‘systemic problems’: report
A longtime chief city lifeguard might need some rescuing himself after the Department of Investigation revealed Monday that he refused to be questioned about “systemic […]
Friends remember New Jersey lifeguard killed by lightning
A 19-year-old New Jersey lifeguard who was killed by a lightning strike that injured seven other people was remembered as a “special guy” from Toms […]
Lifeguard, 17, stabbed for telling group to stop partying
A 17-year-old lifeguard was stabbed and brutally beaten at a Massachusetts beach — after telling a rowdy group of parkgoers to stop smoking and boozing […]