New York is poised to embark on a public pool expansion push, a sort of chlorine new deal that would splash $150 million in grants across the state to multiply safe swimming sites. Gov. Kathy Hochul ...

The state and city will provide financing for the project, known as + POOL, as part of a broader initiative meant to encourage New Yorkers to swim. By Hurubie Meko A plan for a floating, ...

Construction has begun on a floating swimming pool that will be located in New York City's East River. The attraction, named "+ Pool", will be anchored by Pier 35, just north of the Manhattan and ...

NEW YORK - Plans to build a one-of-a-kind floating pool in the waters around New York City have taken a big step forward. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams announced they've selected the Lower ...

As recently as the 1940s, New Yorkers swam in floating pools in the Hudson and East rivers. A safer alternative to swimming directly in the river, the municipal baths kept residents cool in hot summer ...

ALBANY -- Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday said she wants to open more swimming pools statewide at parks — and even within rivers by building “floating pools” — to provide more spots to cool off, improve ...

The Lower East Side is looking on the Plus side. The long-promised “+ POOL” — a futuristic floating swimming pool designed to buoy bathers in the East River — will open off Pier 35 along the Lower ...

Floating pools may come to a body of water near you under a new proposal from Gov. Kathy Hochul. Hochul announced on Friday that the state would make available $60 million in competitive grants for ...

A floating swimming pool in one of New York City’s rivers, the subject of a more than decade-long political and fundraising push, will finally be built this year as part of a state and city push for ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A gigantic swimming pool proposed for the San Francisco Bay has many eager to take a dip. The state-of-the-art pool would sit along the waterfront at piers 30-32, about halfway between ...