After a staggeringly low lifeguard count (930) in New York City this past summer, NYC Parks decided to hold citywide lifeguard qualifying tests. The first happened Sunday in Bayside, Brooklyn. "We ...

The office scenery doesn’t get any better: The glistening ocean, while watching beachgoers enjoy the surf and sand. But lifeguarding is no easy task, having to watch over the crowds who flock to the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation is holding a lifeguard qualifier session on July 21. Anyone who wants to work as a lifeguard at any of the New ...

Mayor Adams announced Friday that his administration is relaxing some test requirements for lifeguards in a bid to address staff shortages in their ranks that are expected to force swaths of city ...