Is it safe to swim in the East River?

Technically it's legal to swim in the East River, although it's also strictly forbidden to actually enter the river. Legalities aside, Mike Dulong, senior attorney for the New York water quality advocacy group Riverkeeper, claims that the East River isn't as unsanitary as the average New Yorker might assume.



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