Notoriously polluted Harlem River is now a swimmable waterway

Time to take off your hazmat suit and put on your swimsuit.

The state has declared that the notoriously polluted Harlem River is now officially a “swimmable” waterway — but activists say the river is still marred by sewage and storm water and the new declaration will prevent further efforts to fully clean it.

The river between Manhattan and The Bronx near Yankee Stadium got the questionable upgrade last week, when the state Department of Environmental Conservation reclassified 30 bodies of water. 4

But rather than celebrating the announcement as a win for cleaner water, activists blasted the decision, claiming that the waterway still gets enormous amounts of dirty storm runoff — and that the situation will not get any better because the new designation means no further remedial