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NEW YORK CITY (PIX11) — Plans to expand public restrooms in New York City may be delayed, but that doesn’t mean they’ll be completely flushed down the toilet.
Under Local Law 58 of 2025, the deputy mayor is supposed to submit a plan to the City Council by Sep. 1, outlining how the city will open 2,120 new public bathrooms by 2035. However, in a letter sent to the City Council in August, the mayor’s office said they won’t be able to submit the report until Nov. 1.
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“The scope and complexity of this initial effort, which involves coordination across capital planning, facilities, transportation, parks, and economic development, among other areas, necessitates additional time to ensure the report fully and meaningfully addresses each of the law’s eight required components,” read the letter from Deputy Mayor Julia Kerson.
Despite the delay, Kerson assures that the report is still underway with an interagency working group. Currently, they are working to collect inventory data, capital project information, site recommendations and maintenance strategies, according to the letter.
The “Bathroom Bill,” as it’s called, holds the city to creating a long-term plan for establishing and maintaining a citywide public bathroom network. The plan would have to be updated every four years and would also require an online map of all of the public restrooms available in the city.
According to Open Dara, there are 1,066 operational public bathrooms across the five boroughs, most of which are in NYC Parks. That amounts to one bathroom for every 8,053 people.
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Since then, Mayor Zohran Mamdani has committed $4 million to bringing modular bathrooms throughout the city.
Advocates have long pushed for an increase in public bathrooms throughout the city, including Teddy Siegel, the founder of Got-To-Go NYC and creator of the Google Maps layer that shows public restrooms throughout the city.
To use the Google Map to find a bathroom, click here.
Dominique Jack is a digital content producer from Brooklyn with more than five years of experience covering news. She joined PIX11 in 2024. More of her work can be found here.
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