New York City is committing $4 million to expand public bathroom access across the five boroughs, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Saturday.
Within Mamdani’s first 100 days in office, the city’s Economic Development Corporation will seek bids to “install public bathrooms at a lower cost and on a faster timeline than existing public bathroom installations,” the mayor’s office said.
As part of a pilot program, 20-30 high-quality modular bathrooms will be installed across the city. Part of the mayor’s franchise agreement for the modular bathrooms is to have them be self-cleaning and have maintenance conducted twice a day…