The Lack of Public Restrooms in New York

City

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

• Singapore has 750 public restrooms.

Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani

When Giuliani was in office, public restrooms were a

priority.

Peter Vallone, Former City Council Speaker

Vallone wanted to duplicate what he saw while he was

vacationing in Athens, Greece.

Mayor Michael Bloomberg

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

Bloomberg.

Fresh Meadows Restroom Ordeal:

The community vetoed the installation of restrooms in Utopia Playground.

Everyone is a victim when it comes to the lack of

public restrooms in Manhattan.

Times Square Subway Station Public Restroom, a welcome

reprieve from the problem…but not quite there yet.

The Last Resorts

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!

Few Public Restrooms =

LONG LINES!

One Solution:

Pay toilets—like the ones used in

San Francisco.

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

Tax breaks could be offered to businesses

and organizatio

ns that open their bathroom facilities to

the general public.

New York’s best option is to install pay-

toilets, like this one, throughout

the city.

Conclusion