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  • Local leaders, residents speak out after JFK pool closure (assault on staff)

    08/13/2025 5:31:18 PM PDT · by yesthatjallen · 50 replies
    wivb ^ | 08 12 2025 | Angelica Gallagher
    BUFFALO, N.Y. — The JFK pool on Hickory Street has been drained after it was announced Monday that it’s closed for the summer. According to city officials, recent violence has left the pool without supervision after lifeguards refuse to return to their post. “I feel like it should’ve been a better decision than to just close the pool,” said Buffalo resident Pharez Lackerson. “That should’ve been the last resort.” What was once a community resource that reopened after years of closure on Buffalo’s East Side now sits quiet and empty after an alleged assault on a young city lifeguard who...