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New York City faces a pressing challenge as the summer season approaches – a shortage of lifeguards to patrol its beaches and public pools. In a surprising move, Mayor Eric Adams has proposed an unorthodox solution to this dilemma: tapping into the migrant community as a source of skilled swimmers to fill these critical roles. “How do we have a large body of people that are in our city, our country, that are excellent swimmers and at the same time we need lifeguards, and the only obstacle is that we won’t give them the right to work to become a lifeguard,” Adams said. “That just doesn’t make s…