You can hitch a ride to Rockaway Beach … just don’t expect to get anywhere near the surf this summer, Mayor Bill de Blasio warned Thursday.
The mayor fizzled New Yorkers clinging to hopes for a summer dunk in the ocean, saying Thursday that there’s “no plan” to open city beaches like Coney Island, Brighton and Rockaway due to the coronavirus crisis after his executive budget also cut funding for public pools.
“Right now we do not have a plan to open the beaches, just like we do not have a plan to open the pools,” de Blasio said during a conference call with reporters. “It’s not safe.”
According to de Blasio’s
slashed executive budget for the fiscal year 2021, which was released Thursday, all outdoor city pools will be shuttered for the 2020 season due to coronavirus, saving the city $12 million.
The mayor warned New Yorkers hoping to have a summer filled with typical fun-in-the-sun activities to “lower expectations — just for everyone’s sanity, lower expectations.”
the first summer I got money and time to travel this happens 
stealing this.
