As the first heat wave of the summer descends upon central New York, public pools in the city of Syracuse will be open for residents to cool off.
Syracuse Parks and Recreation Commissioner Syeisha Byrd said the first pool to open was the city’s biggest, the Upper Onondaga Park Pool. All others have had staggered openings, with two others opening later on.
“Some of it is size of the pool,” Byrd said. “Onondaga is a big pool. So, on a hot day, we can get more people into Onondaga Pool compared to one of our smaller pools. Sometimes it’s the maintenance of the pools. Some of our pools have to be repainted. And so that pushes their start date behind. And it’s when staff are ready.”…