For Rafael Martínez, visiting the city of NY is a pleasure. However, when he makes her want to go to the bathroom, it’s always a mess.
“I’m a tourist and right now I’m looking for a bathroom and I’m going to have to force myself into a bar to use the bathroom because I don’t see one around here and the hotel is very far away,” Martínez said.
Like Martínez, thousands of tourists and residents of the Big Apple suffer daily from the lack of public toilets and urinals.
For this reason, Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Councilwoman Rita Joseph raised their voices Tuesday alongside several people concerned about the lack of public restrooms.
“This is something serious, we have calculated that there is one public toilet for every 6,000 inhabitants of this city. It is unacceptable, everyone has experienced being out there on the street walking with the children sometimes their purchases, they have to go to the bathroom, it is the most normal thing we are human beings and there is no where, or the bathroom is closed, “said Levine .
Later, the two politicians testified and defended their project in a public hearing of the city council.
The bill would literally provide relief to the biological and fundamental needs of thousands of New Yorkers and tourists. Those who, in times of need, simply cannot find a place to go due to the lack of toilets, in addition to the fact that the vast majority of businesses do not allow you to use their facilities without having consumed something.
“We want to do what has been done in other cities, all over the world: open more public restrooms,” Levine added.
The bill requires a public restroom in every zip code.
That is, there would be at least 214 public toilets in the entire city of NY.
Likewise, the president of the Borough of Manhattan indicated that the funds for this project would include the salary to hire people to keep the facilities clean and safe.
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