Don’t worry about packing sunscreen in your beach bag this year — the city’s got you covered.
New York City’s parks department and City Comptroller Scott Stringer announced that 67 free sunscreen dispensers will be installed Saturday at city beaches as part of a two-year pilot program. The initiative aims to curb the growing number of skin cancer treatments among New Yorkers, which grew 40% between 2006 and 2011, according to Stringer.
“It’s smart public policy that will boost quality of life,” he said.
Bright Guard and the nonprofit group IMPACT Melanoma donated the dispensers.
