Under New York" (MUNY) program in which street musicians enter a competitive contest to be assigned to the preferred high traffic locations. Each year, applications are reviewed and approximately 70 eligible performers are selected and contacted to participate in live auditions held for one day. At present, more than 100 soloists and groups participate in MUNY providing over 150 weekly performances at 25 locations throughout the transit system, for example Natalia Paruz, a musical saw player, plays at Union Square. Restrooms Restrooms are rare in the subway system; in 2010, there were 133 open restrooms in 81 of the system's 468 stations. Most station restrooms previously open to the public have been closed and converted to storage spaces or employee use. However, there are a few major stations that have operating restrooms, including on the concourses of 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal, Chambers Street, 57th Street–Seventh Avenue, Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, and Lexington Avenue/59th Street. The majority of restrooms in the New York City Subway are found in express and transfer stations, at ADA-accessible stations, and at terminals, though not all of the aforementioned types of stations have restrooms. Newer subway stations have restrooms, including 34th Street–Hudson Yards on the IRT Flushing Line and three Second Avenue Subway stations. By the 2010s, the MTA planned to "overhaul" and reopen previously-closed restrooms. All of the system's restrooms were closed in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. These restrooms remained closed in 2022, despite a drastic increase in the number of "soiled train" incidents, where human waste was found on trains. The MTA ultimately reopened restrooms at eight stations in January 2023. At the time, there were restrooms in 69 of the system's 472 stations, and there were 163 total restrooms across the system. Retail Some platforms have newspaper stands that sell various items including newspapers and food. The MTA also installed retail spaces within paid areas in selected stations, including the station concourses of the Times Square–Port Authority complex and the Sixth Avenue concourse at 42nd Street–Bryant Park. According to the MTA, the New York City Subway is home to 345 retail spaces, making over US$70 million in rent and licensing fees in 2009 for the authority. It is continuing to make efforts in attracting more diverse retailers and vendors to set up shop in the subway system. , there are 111 newsstands in the system, including 20