"The city committed to a redesign of McGuinness Boulevard ... to deliver the safety and improvements that residents had been asking for until the prior administration bowed to big money interests, leaving the project incomplete and green pointers still at risk. Today, however, there is a new mayor in City Hall,"
"The consequences of Moses's acts have been measured in the human toll that this four-way highway has incurred, and in so many other unseen but deeply insidious ways,"
"It is felt when parents don't feel safe letting their children out of the house to play. It is felt when cyclists go on long detours because McGuinness is simply too dangerous to take the risk. It is felt when people dread going to the grocery store or getting a cup of coffee or just going on an afternoon walk because they fear that they will have to cross the street."
Mayor Mamdani announced completion of the full safety redesign of McGuinness Boulevard, reviving the original DOT plan to narrow the roadway to one travel lane in each direction between the Pulaski Bridge and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. The redesign will add a parking-protected bike lane. The Adams administration had left the northern portion unchanged, maintaining two car lanes per direction and leaving the project incomplete amid allegations of bowing to big-money interests and a corruption scandal. Mamdani invoked Robert Moses's legacy and cited the human toll of the highway, noting past fatalities and the deterrent effect on walking, cycling, and everyday errands. The announcement came on the third full day of his tenure.
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