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- NYPD’s Technical Assistance Response Unit deployed drones that fly about 100 yards offshore during lifeguard hours on city beaches.
- Between July 1 and July 5, NYC Parks logged 16 sharks off Rockaway Beach.
- TARU drones spotted seven of those sharks, prompting operators to radio lifeguards clearing swimmers as a precaution.
- Shark sightings have forced almost 50 temporary beach closures, with drones having tracked seven sharks so far, one fewer than eight last summer.
