A Pioneering Program Paying NYC’s Low-Income Youth to Learn to Swim
“The NYCHA Swim Corps program is in its second year, and for the first time, has recruited young adults from all five boroughs. Its pilot run last summer took in only those living in Brooklyn and Queens. Aside from learning to swim, the program offers another perk: access to well-paying blue economy jobs. Students are taught the fundamentals of water safety in New York City’s blue spaces, and exposed to local industry professionals such as lifeguards and ferry captains.”