NEW YORK (1010 WINS) -- A bill proposed by the NY City Council on Thursday would nearly triple the amount of public toilets in the city, from 1,100 to 3,100.
Written by Brooklyn councilwoman Sandy Nurse, the bill would demand city government to institute a four-year plan to create the new public restrooms. The proposal would result in there being one bathroom for every 2,000 New Yorkers, a dramatic uptick from the current 1-to-7,700 ratio.
Not all of these planned public toilets would have to be built from the ground up, however. Bathrooms on privately-owned public space will fit the bill as well.
"I only take a sip [of coffee], and hurry up and get to work," a woman outside a Dunkin Donuts told 1010 WINS reporter Glenn Schuck. The Dunkin didn't have a public bathroom of its own.
The woman added that while tourists to New York were shocked at how few places there were to "go," she was used to it. "I'm not surprised, I'm a New Yorker," she said.
If approved, Nurse's plan would also introduce an app that uses GPS technology to locate the nearest bathroom.
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