{"id":508277,"date":"2026-01-11T10:14:46","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T10:14:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508277\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T10:14:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T10:14:46","slug":"mayor-mamdani-to-invest-4m-to-expand-public-bathrooms-across-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/508277\/","title":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani to invest $4M to expand public bathrooms across NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mayor Mamdani had two words for New Yorkers hoping for more public bathrooms across the city as he announced Saturday<\/a> he\u2019s investing $4 million into the very pressing initiative: \u201cLet\u2019s go!\u201d<\/p>\n

Mamdani, alongside other city officials, announced a new program to increase the number of public restrooms in the city and for high-quality modular public restrooms at a press conference outside Riverside Park<\/a> near 12th Ave. and St. Clair Pl. in West Harlem, where a new public restroom is planned to be installed later this year that will be fully accessible, self-cleaning and sporting a water bottle filler.<\/p>\n

The multimillion-dollar plan was sparked by the city\u2019s request for proposals for restrooms that would eliminate the need to drill underground to be connected to the city\u2019s sewer and water lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn a city that has everything, the one thing that is often impossible to find is a public bathroom,\u201d Mamdani said. \u201cIn the greatest city in the world, you should not have to spend $9 to buy a coffee just to be able to find a little relief. And I have spoken about my desire to make our city more affordable, so that dignity no longer feels so remote and inaccessible to New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n

The program would also add more restrooms to public plazas<\/a> since most of the city\u2019s nearly 1,000 existing public restrooms are currently located within parks. Maintenance for the new restrooms would be done twice a day.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe City Council has been clear that this is a quality-of-life issue we can\u2019t ignore, which is why we passed legislation to double the number of public restrooms by 2035,\u201d Council Speaker Julie Menin said. \u201cBy working in partnership with Mayor Mamdani, we\u2019re turning that commitment into action, and today\u2019s announcement is an important step toward making it real for every New Yorker.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to protect our public space and prioritize people in the process,\u201d local Council member Shaun Abreu<\/a> said. \u201cPrioritize people in the public realm, trash containerization, expanding public bathrooms, street redesign to improve pedestrian safety. We can do it all. Mayor Mamdani and Speaker Menin are going to make sure we do. I truly cannot ask for better partners when it comes to investing in Harlem.\u201d<\/p>\n

Where the new restrooms will be located will be determined by city agencies, including the Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cPublic restrooms improve the quality of life for everyone,\u201d DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn said, \u201cespecially our seniors, parents with young children, delivery workers, people with disabilities and so many more.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mayor Mamdani had two words for New Yorkers hoping for more public bathrooms across the city as he…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":508278,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,2451,3059,5295,1370,728,5249,405,403,5294,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,5293,5321,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-508277","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-city","10":"tag-county","11":"tag-crime-and-public-safety","12":"tag-latest-headlines","13":"tag-local-news","14":"tag-manhattan","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-city","17":"tag-new-york-county","18":"tag-news","19":"tag-newyork","20":"tag-newyorkcity","21":"tag-ny","22":"tag-nyc","23":"tag-nyc-crime","24":"tag-sub-county-region","25":"tag-united-states","26":"tag-united-states-of-america","27":"tag-unitedstates","28":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","29":"tag-us","30":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115875942543264518","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=508277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/508277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/508278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=508277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=508277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=508277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}