The city’s courts have been flush with public pee-ers.
New York broke a new record for public urination tickets as the number of overhydrated streetwalkers caught using the five boroughs as their toilet grows from a tinkle to a flood.
The NYPD slapped 10,003 dirty hands with summonses for hitting a tree instead of the john over the last year — a shocking number that dramatically surpasses the number of people arrested for DUIs or for toting guns, according to the recently released Mayor’s Management Report.
It’s the highest number doled out over the last half-decade — even as the city spends millions to install more public toilets across the five boroughs.
The rising number of small-bladdered barbarians is something the Adams administration has been targeting in a “Quality of Life” police division this year as it looks to crack down on low-level nuisance crimes, the report indicates.
“The Adams administration is committed to protecting and improving the quality of life for all New Yorkers, and that means ensuring our streets are safe and clean,” Adams told The Post in a statement.
Data from the report shows that public urination tickets, both civil and criminal, have been climbing dramatically for years.
Between July 2020 and 2021, just 746 summonses were issued, followed by 2,129 the following year.
That number then jumped to 6,772 between July 2022 and 2023, and again to 9,904 from July 2023 and 2024, culminating in the record-breaking 10,003 this past fiscal year.
Comparatively, just 3,835 arrests were made for people driving under the influence and another 5,331 arrests were made for gun-related offenses.
City Hall pointed out that in recent years, the NYPD has pivoted to handing out civil summonses rather than criminal summonses for public urination, which could mean the difference between a $50 ticket and a court appearance.
Just 1,426 — or 14% — of this year’s summonses were criminal, compared to the 2,513 handed out last year.
Under the Adams administration, the city has also expanded public restroom access through the “Ur in Luck” initiative — which dumped million-dollar, futuristic toilet pods into Brooklyn.
This summer, Adams promised that 82 new and refurbished restrooms would be ready for use in the next two years, and he revealed an up-to-date Google Maps layer to help New Yorkers find their closest available toilet.
