Rockaway Beach, Queens

We've Earned an Extra Beach Week

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 1, 2015

With just a few days left in the summer season, Mitchell J. Silver, commissioner of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, reflects on the city's green spaces, tennis courts, pools and beaches.

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