File #: Int 1058-2024    Version: Name: Determining the feasibility of increasing high school student participation in the city lifeguard corps.
Type: Introduction Status: Enacted
Committee: Committee on Parks and Recreation
On agenda: 9/26/2024
Enactment date: 1/3/2026 Law number: 2026/005
Title: A Local Law in relation to determining the feasibility of increasing high school student participation in the city lifeguard corps
Sponsors: Shekar Krishnan, Farah N. Louis, Gale A. Brewer, Jennifer Gutiérrez, Lincoln Restler, Sandra Ung, Selvena N. Brooks-Powers, Mercedes Narcisse, James F. Gennaro
Council Member Sponsors: 9
Summary: This bill would require the Department of Parks and Recreation to consult with the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct a feasibility study on how high school students, could be trained and developed with the goal of preparing those students to become lifeguards at City managed beaches and pools. The study would have to be submitted to the Mayor and the Speaker of the Council no later than November 1, 2026.
Indexes: Report Required
Attachments: 1. Summary of Int. No. 1058-A, 2. Summary of Int. No. 1058, 3. Int. No. 1058, 4. Committee Report 9/24/24, 5. Hearing Testimony 9/24/24, 6. Hearing Transcript 9/24/24, 7. September 26, 2024 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 8. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 9-26-24, 9. Minutes of the Stated Meeting - September 26, 2024, 10. Proposed Int. No. 1058-A - 12/2/25, 11. Committee Report 12/4/25, 12. Hearing Transcript 12/4/25, 13. Committee Report - Stated Meeting, 14. December 4, 2025 - Stated Meeting Agenda, 15. Int. No. 1058-A (FINAL), 16. Int. No. 1058-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - OMB, 17. Int. No. 1058-A - Fiscal Impact Statement - City Council, 18. Hearing Transcript - Stated Meeting 12-4-25
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1/5/2026AShekar Krishnan City Council Returned Unsigned by Mayor  Action details Meeting details Not available
1/3/2026AShekar Krishnan Administration City Charter Rule Adopted  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/4/2025AShekar Krishnan City Council Sent to Mayor by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
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12/4/2025*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing Held by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/4/2025*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amendment Proposed by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/4/2025*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Amended by Committee  Action details Meeting details Not available
12/4/2025AShekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Approved by CommitteePass Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2024*Shekar Krishnan City Council Referred to Comm by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/26/2024*Shekar Krishnan City Council Introduced by Council  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2024*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation Hearing on P-C Item by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available
9/24/2024*Shekar Krishnan Committee on Parks and Recreation P-C Item Laid Over by Comm  Action details Meeting details Not available

Int. No. 1058-A

 

By Council Members Krishnan, Louis, Brewer, Gutiérrez, Restler, Ung, Brooks-Powers, Narcisse and Gennaro

 

A Local Law in relation to determining the feasibility of increasing high school student participation in the city lifeguard corps

 

Be it enacted by the Council as follows:

 

                     Section 1. The department of parks and recreation, in consultation with the department of education, shall conduct a feasibility study to determine the interest of New York city public high school students in being trained and certified as lifeguards, in order to facilitate and encourage such students to seek employment as lifeguards at beaches and pools under the jurisdiction of the department of parks and recreation during the bathing season, as such term is defined in section 18-154 of the administrative code of the city of New York. Such study shall be submitted to the mayor and the speaker of the council by November 1, 2026. Such study shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Information on the current lifeguard training and certification protocols of the department of parks and recreation and the department of education, how such training and certification protocols are applied to lifeguard trainees under the age of 18, and the average number of lifeguard trainees who were under the age of 18 during each of the last 3 years;

2. An analysis of the current capacity for the department of parks and recreation or the department of education to provide lifeguard training and certification to New York city public high school students and what additional resources would be needed to provide such training and certification to a greater number of such students, as well as to high school students who do not attend public high schools;  

3. Information on not-for-profit organizations that the department of parks and recreation or the department of education coordinates with or could coordinate with to increase the participation of New York city public high school students in the city lifeguard corps;

4. An analysis of the potential locations, including both city-owned property and private property, where additional lifeguard training and certification programs could be provided;

5. An analysis of how other municipalities throughout the United States recruit and train high school students as lifeguards for employment at municipal beaches and pools; and

6. Information regarding what outreach efforts the department of parks and recreation, the department of education, or any other relevant agency could engage in to attract high school students, including students who do not attend a New York city public high school, to seek lifeguard training and certification.

§ 2. This local law takes effect immediately.

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