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Bills addressing public bathroom access in New York City

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Council Member Restler discusses two bills aimed at addressing the lack of public bathrooms in New York City: Intro 267 and Intro 694.

Intro 267 requires city government buildings to make bathrooms available for public use
Intro 694 requires the city to develop a long-term citywide bathroom strategy
Restler emphasizes the importance of bathroom access as an accessibility, disability justice, and quality of life issue
He shares a personal anecdote about creating a map of free public restrooms in downtown Brooklyn

Lincoln Restler

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2 bills will help address the dire lack of public bathrooms in New York City.

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Intro 267, sponsored by council member Rita Joseph, will require the city to make rooms and city government buildings available for public use.

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An intro 694 sponsored by council member Sandy Nurse who has just joined us will require the city to develop a long term city wide bathroom strategy.

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Bathroom access is critically important as an accessibility issue, a disability just this issue and a quality of life issue for every single New Yorker.

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My office recently received complaints regarding outdoor bathroom use on the streets and sidewalks of downtown Brooklyn, and I have too often seen it myself.

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So we created a new map of free public restrooms in the area and put it up on Lincoln YC chaos and distribute it to community stakeholders.

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But we need more bathrooms, especially more accessible bathrooms, and these bills will help set us on a path to achieving safe, clean, public bath bathroom access for all.

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