Decades-old NYC policy requires NYPD to open public pools, leading to frequent delays 28.9%
Gothamist - By Liam Quigley - 6/26/2026, 6:40 PM
Negativity Bias 15.5% - Post Hoc (False Cause) 12.8% - Loss Aversion 8.9%
New Yorkers eager to take a dip in one of the city’s public pools last summer were repeatedly kept waiting by police officers who failed to show up to their shifts on time, according to data shared by the parks department. A decades-old city policy requires NYPD officers to be in place before the parks department can let swimmers into... more