Fishing and boating on a Staten Island lake that was polluted by human waste has finally been closed by authorities, one week after The Post reported that officials had done nothing about the “open secret” for decades.
The Parks Department told The Post in a statement Friday evening that “out of an abundance of caution, fishing and boating will be suspended in Clove Lakes Park while we await water testing results.”
The Post spoke to boat rental workers earlier in the day who said that boat rentals had been open all week.
The workers informed The Post that parkgoers continued to boat on the sewage-polluted lake, but that sales dropped following last week’s revelations about the crappy calamity…