NYC’s cooling splash pads facing ‘outages’ in record numbers – with dozens of playgrounds affected

Source: New York Post

Spray it ain’t so! The beloved spray showers used by tiny tots to cool off during the hot summer months in city parks have been reportedly out of service in record numbers at dozens of green spaces this summer – and parents are fuming. Parks officials recently lamented that the city is grappling with “dozens of sprinkler outages” and the department has “very few staff resources for repairs,” according to emails from the agency obtained by The Post. 4 Beloved splash pads in city parks have been reportedly out of service at dozens of parks.