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The Lack of Public Restrooms in New York City

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The Lack of Public Restrooms in New York

City

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• The island of Manhattan only has, approximately, 200 public restrooms.

• Singapore has 750 public restrooms.

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Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

When Giuliani was in office, public restrooms were a

priority.

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Peter Vallone, Former City Council Speaker

Vallone wanted to duplicate what he saw while he was

vacationing in Athens, Greece.

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Mayor Michael Bloomberg

The idea of public restrooms was proposed again in 2002 by Mayor

Bloomberg.

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Fresh Meadows Restroom Ordeal:

The community vetoed the installation of restrooms in Utopia Playground.

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Everyone is a victim when it comes to the lack of

public restrooms in Manhattan.

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Times Square Subway Station Public Restroom, a welcome

reprieve from the problem…but not quite there yet.

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The Last Resorts

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Tax money should go towards services that benefit the taxpayers, such as an increase in the number of public

restrooms

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The lack of public restrooms negatively effects the homeless

population of Manhattan!

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Few Public Restrooms =

LONG LINES!

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One Solution:

Pay toilets—like the ones used in

San Francisco.

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Old restrooms, like this one on Broadway and 96th, would be ideal to reopen for the public.

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Tax breaks could be offered to businesses

and organizatio

ns that open their bathroom facilities to

the general public.

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New York’s best option is to install pay-

toilets, like this one, throughout

the city.