Hey Mayor Bloomberg: Public Recreation Centers Looking to Stem Exodus

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/16/nyregion/parks-re-evaluating-after-losing-memberships-to-fee-increase.html?ref=nyregion

"Under Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, the city has made fighting obesity and improving public health one of its top priorities.

But pricing decisions by the parks department resulted in a 45 percent drop in paid memberships at its recreation centers, essentially city-runhealth clubs where New Yorkers who cannot afford memberships at expensive gyms, can work out. In an effort to raise revenue, the department doubled its annual fees a year and a half ago, to $150 for recreation centers with pools, and $100 for those without."

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