NYC health department has questions about the floating pool set for the East River 0%
Gothamist - By Liam Quigley - 4/6/2026, 8:43 PM
Optimism Bias 38.7% - Negativity Bias 22% - Appeal to Authority 17.2%
A floating pool that could one day offer New Yorkers a chance to swim in water filtered from the East River is moving forward despite delays caused by ice floes and blizzards and seaweed. The latest iteration of the plan, now referred to as POOL1, is essentially 25% of the size of the original pool and will be towed into place for... more