New York City environmental officials announced on Friday that they were lifting an advisory urging people to avoid coming into contact with local waterways.
The advisory, issued by the city's Department of Environmental Protection, was put in place after Hurricane Sandy damaged many of the city's wastewater treatment plants. But water quality testing over the last two weeks showed that the waters were again safe for recreational use.
The advisory applied to the Hudson River, the East River, New York Harbor, Jamaica Bay and the Kill Van Kull.
