00:00Now there is one universal experience that binds New Yorkers together.
00:05I'm not talking about the shared betrayal we all feel about the disappearance of the dollar slice.
00:10I'm not talking about getting sweatier than you ever thought was possible on an F-Train platform in mid-July.
00:15I'm talking about the universal experience that every New Yorker has had at one point or another.
00:20Heading out into our city, excited for the day ahead, only to suddenly, horrifyingly realize, you have to go.
00:28Many of us have pleaded with baristas and maitre d's.
00:31We have listened intently as a worker at Chipotle whispers the bathroom code to another paying customer.
00:37We have bought that $9 latte.
00:40And all of us have at some point or another just turned around and had to go home.
00:46It is estimated that our city has only one public toilet for every 8,500 New Yorkers.
00:52These toilets go beyond the simple act of providing New Yorkers a place to go in a pinch.
00:57They are a critical addition to our public health infrastructure.
01:01This is how we keep the streets clean.
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