{"id":489,"date":"2026-06-18T13:40:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=489"},"modified":"2026-06-18T13:40:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T13:40:09","slug":"new-york-city-has-a-history-of-public-bathroom-failures-will-this-new-plan-flush-away-more-tax-dollars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=489","title":{"rendered":"New York City Has a History of Public Bathroom Failures. Will This New Plan Flush Away More Tax Dollars?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>New York City mayors have attempted to solve the city&#8217;s public bathroom problem for <\/span><span>decades<\/span><span>. Now, Mayor Zohran Mamdani is taking his turn.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=487\">1776 All-Stars: Why a Pseudonymous Anti-Federalist Is My Favorite Founder<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, the <\/span><span>New York City Economic Development Corporation<\/span><span> (NYCEDC) <\/span><span>announced<\/span><span> that Throne Labs Inc. won the city&#8217;s $4 million contract to install and maintain 17 new bathrooms across the city. Should the project stay on budget, that price tag is relatively low compared to New York City&#8217;s past bathroom boondoggles.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In 2019, <\/span><i><span>The City Reporter<\/span><\/i> <span>noted<\/span><span> that the average cost for a city Parks and Recreation Department bathroom had &#8220;nearly tripled to $3.6 million since 2011.&#8221; One $4.7 million restroom facility in Ferry Point Park took 12 years to complete, according to the outlet. And parkgoers told the <\/span><i><span>Reporter<\/span><\/i><span> that the bathroom was &#8220;typically inaccessible in the winter.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Former Parks Department commissioner Adrian Benepe <\/span><span>told<\/span><span> the <\/span><i><span>Reporter <\/span><\/i><span>at the time that comfort stations, a <\/span><span>now apparently politically incorrect term<\/span><span> for the city park bathrooms, were the &#8220;bane of [his] existence.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;There&#8217;s a built-in inefficiency at every level and too many reviews,&#8221; he said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>John Stossel visited a New York City park bathroom in 2017 that cost the city $2 million to build, a price Mitchell Silver, then the New York City Parks commissioner,\u00a0 <\/span><span>said<\/span><span> was &#8220;a good deal&#8221; because New York City is &#8220;the most expensive market in the world.&#8221; The final product, however, was far from luxe. <\/span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><span><br \/>\n<\/span><span>&#8220;There were no gold-plated fixtures. It&#8217;s just a little building with four toilets and four sinks,&#8221; Stossel <\/span><span>wrote<\/span><span> at the time.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=485\">The Founders Revered the Right to Trial by Jury. Will SCOTUS Now Follow Their Example?<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span>Stossel has <\/span><span>juxtaposed<\/span><span> the costly NYC Parks restroom with the crown jewel of Midtown Manhattan restrooms: the privately owned and managed Bryant Park bathroom. The bathroom, which often has a long line, is guarded by private security, cleaned regularly, and has flowers and artwork inside.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Throne units are not as glamorous as the Bryant Park restrooms, but they may prove to be cleaner and better maintained than other public restrooms. The units will be solar-powered, &#8220;odor-managed, and use 21 sensors and ratings from users to monitor real-time data on the restroom&#8217;s status, cleanliness, and usage,&#8221; according to NYCEDC. According to an <\/span><i><span>Axios<\/span><\/i> <span>reporter who used Throne&#8217;s toilets in downtown Detroit, the &#8220;facilities were spotless and easy to use.&#8221;\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The most encouraging part of the Throne rollout is the design. Unlike past public bathroom rollouts, Throne units do not &#8220;need to be hooked up to sewers or other utilities,&#8221; according to <\/span><i><span>Gothamist. <\/span><\/i><span>This way, the installation process will not be bogged down by as much red tape as previous projects.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mamdani is clearly <\/span><span>no cost-cutting mayor<\/span><span>, but he has said he wants New Yorkers to get more for their taxpayer dollars. Given the countless past failures of city bathroom rollouts, the bar for a successful public bathroom project is extremely low (in the toilet?), so hopefully this plan can provide New Yorkers some relief without flushing away too many public funds. Installation is <\/span><span>expected<\/span><span> to begin later this summer, and if all goes well, New Yorkers should be able to test the toilets by the fall. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/pioneerrelocationnews.com\/?p=483\">No, Trump Isn\u2019t \u2018Paying\u2019 Iran $24 Billion To End the War<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Throne Labs won a $4 million contract to bring 17 new bathrooms to New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[121],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-york-city"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>New York City Has a History of Public Bathroom Failures. 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