NYC Rolls Out 10-Minute Robo-Toilets Across Boroughs
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New York City is piloting modular robo-toilets from Throne Labs, rolling out 17 units citywide with entry by text or tap card and a strict 10-minute use limit reinforced by automated prompts; the $4 million program aims to provide clean, accessible bathrooms, but advocates warn it may exclude homeless residents and access remains a concern as installations expand across Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Manhattan, and Staten Island.
- NYC deploys robotoilets. The public bathrooms have a strict 10-minute time limit. Gothamist
- Mamdani announces pilot program to install new public bathrooms across NYC ABC7 New York
- New York City’s newest bathrooms will have a 10-minute time limit newsnationnow.com
- Mamdani’s NYC bathroom blitz: Free toilets, but doors open after 10 minutes Ynetnews
- Game of ‘Thrones’: NYC is getting 17 new public bathrooms, with digital entry and a 10-minute limit amNewYork
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