Under the bill, sponsored by Councilmember Sandy Nurse, the city would be required to develop a concrete plan for building more bathrooms, with a specific benchmark of getting 2,120 public toilets

New York has far fewer bathrooms, as a percentage of its population, than many other cities around the world. There are just 1,066 public toilets available for the city’s 8.2 million residents, according to the bill’s sponsor, Councilwoman Sandy Nurse. That is one facility for every 7,800 people.

The New York City Council has passed a bill requiring the mayor to add roughly 1,000 public bathrooms across the city by 2035.