Today, Redditors are taking on the controversial and, how shall we put this delicately....somewhat graphic issue of public urination. The spirited debate centers around whether or not New York should install public urinals in areas with a lot of bars, a la Amsterdam or Brussels. So...should we?
Should NYC Install Public Urinals In Heavy Drinking Areas?
West Village's Rogue Pisser Arrested, City Safe Again
In what is surely good news for defenseless, parked SUVs and ammonia-hating foliage everywhere, the West Village's "rogue pisser" was apprehended yesterday and charged with assault and resisting arrest. Last month, we were treated to surveillance video of 30-year-old Brownsville resident William Green peeing on an SUV on Christopher Street 4:45 a.m. and then escaping the clutches of police officers. The Daily News doesn't detail exactly how Green was caught, but our sources tell us that his piddle was picked out of a lineup after he made the crucial mistake of eating asparagus again.
McCarren Park's Human Poop Problem Is Really A Homeless Problem
Parts of McCarren Park are being overtaken by drunk homeless people who poop in public and scare the neighborhood children—and it's no laughing matter. The Brooklyn Paper today picked up the story that New York Shitty's been covering for months, giving it a glib little treatment pitting "neighborhood nannies" against "liquored-up vagabonds" who stink up the children's playground in the park. But the real issue here goes way beyond just poop, says Heather Letzkus of NY Shitty.
Gerard Depardieu's Medical Excuse For Peeing All Over Plane
Earlier this week, French actor Gerard Depardieu peed all over an airplane in Paris, a story that made headlines around the world. Today, he apologized for the incident, kind of, using a spokesman to blame the whole thing on his prostate.
Drunk Airplane Pisser Could Have Been Olympic Contender
Turns out that Robert Vietze, the 18-year-old who allegedly got drunk and peed all over a sleeping 11-year-old girl on a JetBlue redeye to New York earlier this week, is a member of the US Ski Team who probably just pissed away his chance at Olympic glory.
Drunk Teenager Pees On 11-Year-Old Girl On Worst Flight Ever
The JetBlue redeye from Portland to JFK made a strong bid for Worst Flight Ever yesterday, when a drunk 18-year-old boy allegedly peed all over a 11 year-old girl in her seat, which did not go over well with her father. Oh, and then someone puked.
Video: Watch The Rogue Pisser Evade The Police In W. Village
Remember the rogue pisser in the West Village who managed to evade arrest over the weekend? Well, as far as we can tell from the NYPD, the man is still wanted...but hey! Look! Video of his public urination, arrest and escape have hit YouTube. Ready for an afternoon chuckle?
Rogue Pisser Wanted In The West Village
Police are seeking a wily whizzer in the West Village. A young Hispanic man, between 20 and 25, is wanted by the police for not only making water on the wheel of a car on Christopher Street but for then successfully avoiding arrest when he was caught yellow-handed.
Hoboken To St. Pat's Day Revelers: Don't Pee On The Street!
While the big St. Patrick's Day Parade is in Manhattan on March 17, Hoboken's St. Patrick's Day Parade—tomorrow at 1 p.m.—has become infamous for its unbridled enthusiasm (public sex? check! public urination? check! public pooping? CHECK!)... at least until the city imposed $2,000 fines for certain activities.
Peeing In Public: Okay For Kids?
Aside from being illegal, it is generally frowned upon when an adult urinates in public. Ergo, this is not the kind of behavior you want to teach your children. But what if they're not your children? FIPS writer "Bitchy Mom" (who gets very angry about things like vegan ballet slippers), relays the story of a recent disturbing encounter she had in Prospect Park:
Lawyer Says Peeing Outside Courthouse Was Emergency
Bronx Legal Aid lawyer Maxwell Gould was arrested yesterday for urinating outside the Bronx courthouse in broad daylight. A court officer tried to keep him from walking away, to which he replied, "I'm not stopping...C'mon, I wasn't feeling well." Gould later told the Post, "If I felt I could get to a bathroom, I would have gone to the bathroom," and a Legal Aid spokesman confirmed he had a prostate condition. What, there wasn't a Starbucks nearby? He faces a fine of a whopping $25 if he pleads guilty.
Man Arrested For Peeing On Jersey City Women
Jersey City's nightmare is over: The Serial Urinator has been arrested! A 27-year-old was arrested for urinating on at least seven women in the past three months. His M.O. was described by Jersey City Police Chief Peter Malbach, "He's been going up behind females who were waiting for the bus or just walking and just urinating on the back of their leg."
Hoboken Braces Itself During St. Patrick's Day Parade
Today, Hoboken is celebrating St. Patrick's Day early as usual with a parade and other festivities. But after previous years' antics —sex, public urination, pooping in apartment buildings' common areas— giving town officials and residents a headaches, Hoboken police are vowing "zero tolerance" for troublemakers, who will also be flirting with $2,000 fines for disorderly conduct (open containers of alcohol included!).
Dispatches From Manhattan Criminal Court
The NY Times visited Room 129 at Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday, "It is one of the rooms on the main floor of the courthouse where many of the men and women arrested in Manhattan are arraigned," finding it humming with activity, even though it was New Year's Eve.
Hotspot Delicatessen Finds Itself With a Leaky Roof
A resident who lives above the swank new NoLita restaurant Delicatessen has gotten so sick of the noise coming from the lounge below that they have begun urinating on its glass roof. Residents who live above the Lafayette Street nightspot that opened in July have filed numerous complaints that the glass roof does not do a good enough job of containing noise. According tot he NY Post though, only one has decided to fight back with nightly golden showers. The Post says that whoever is peeing on the roof is unidentified, yet they have resident Mickey Campbell quoted as calling Delicatessen patrons "f---ing wankers" and "yuppies, yuppies, yuppies" and then have him pose in a yellow shirt next to the sign another resident put up asking the guilty party to stop. He then says, "I didn't do it. But I think it's damn funny, whoever did do it."

