The Department of Parks and Recreation’s Lifeguard Division has been drowning in “systemic dysfunction” and mismanagement for decades, according to a recent report from the city Department of Investigation.
The 16-month probe showed that the Parks Department did not have sufficient oversight of the division, citing the city’s collective-bargaining agreement with District Council 37 as a major reason. The contract requires that the Lifeguard Coordinator, the top employee in the division, report directly to the Parks Department’s First Deputy Commissioner, Liam Kavanagh—unlike the heads of other agency divisions, who typically reported to intermediate managers.
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