Individuals and families who utilize Manhattan’s public recreation centers are now required to pay for admission.
New membership fees went into effect Tuesday and are available on a monthly or annual basis. Aaron Stewart, director of Manhattan Parks and Recreation, said the move is necessary to offset some of the department’s rising expenses.
“The rec centers were recovering right about 25% with all of the rentals, and that’s still very much a piece of the cost recovery for those facilities,” he said. “We were just trying to capture about another 10% to get it to about 35%. That’s where these fees come in.”
