Nearly all of NYC parks' public restrooms now have baby changing tables
New York City parents rejoice: Most New York City public park bathrooms now have baby changing tables, the parks department announced Thursday.
program last year that would add new public toilets in five parks that didn’t already have them starting this summer, which it budgeted $5.3 million for. According to the parks department, only 37% of the 1,300 public restrooms it manages had changing tables in 2020. That’s when it bought and installed an initial 600 baby changing tables. After this year’s round of installations following the passage of Local Law 56, 90% of restrooms now have changing tables, including men’s, women’s, and gender-neutral facilities.
“Even as an adult without any kids, like especially in Midtown, there’s no bathrooms for anyone and I feel like it’s a right that humans should have to be able to use the bathroom,” Alvarado said.
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