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|Factoid Headline=NYC Parks Department Has Banned Boogie Board Use
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|Factoid Headline=NYC Parks Department May Ban Boogie Board Use
|Factoid Text="With little explanation and certainly no response to official emails, the NYC Parks Department has banned [boogie board] use across all of NYC’s beaches. One PEP employee said on Wednesday, Aug. 6, that the official directive came from Jill Weber, Parks Department Rockaways Administrator On Monday Aug. 4." - excerpt from [http://rockawaytimes.com/2014/08/14/tubular-views-parks-puts-stop-boogie-boards/ article in The Rockaway Times].
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|Factoid Text="Latest update: The Parks Department tells us that "Boogie boards will be allowed in open sections of beaches through Labor Day, as long as they do not create an unsafe condition. As always, beachgoers are prohibited from entering the water at any closed sections of the beaches. We will review the use of boogie boards at our beaches after the summer."" - excerpt from [http://gothamist.com/2014/08/15/rockaway_boogie_board_ban.php article in Gothamist].
 
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Revision as of 15:01, 15 August 2014


NYC Parks Department May Ban Boogie Board Use

"Latest update: The Parks Department tells us that "Boogie boards will be allowed in open sections of beaches through Labor Day, as long as they do not create an unsafe condition. As always, beachgoers are prohibited from entering the water at any closed sections of the beaches. We will review the use of boogie boards at our beaches after the summer."" - excerpt from article in Gothamist.

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