How young is too young to start teaching a child water safety? Many Long Island swim schools start babies as young as 4 to 6 months; others start at age 2. But "swim" classes aren’t just for children ...

For almost 70 years, kids of all ages have played hoops, baseball and soccer, went swimming in the pool and slept in old ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a groundbreaking effort to close the water safety gap and equip children with a vital life skill, a new public-private partnership is launching a free swim instruction ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Some Staten Island students will have the opportunity to learn to swim for free this year through a new program designed to address swim inequality in underserved communities.

Within 24 hours over the Fourth of July holiday, three people on Long Island drowned. They ranged in age from 7 to 79. The deaths all took place in residential pools. They were part of an upward swing ...

As News 12 previously reported, on July 5, two teenagers were pulled from the waters of Coney Island while swimming in a closed section of the beach after lifeguard hours. The teens later died at the ...

Parrot Island Waterpark in Fort Smith will join aquatic centers around the globe on Thursday, June 26, for the annual World’s Largest Swim Lesson — a free event aimed at reducing drownings and ...

JAMES ISLAND, S.C. (WCSC) - School is out and summer is just around the corner, which means you may have a few fun days at Folly Beach or the pool already planned, but with that, there may also be ...