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‘Sweeping The City’: Millions Of New Yorkers Are Crying Out For Mayor Mamdani To Slow Down Drivers
Representatives of more than one-quarter of the city are demanding that the Mamdani administration designate their neighborhoods as "Slow Zones,” by taking advantage of a state law that allows the mayor to reduce car speeds to 20 mph.
October 8, 2026
Monday’s Headlines: Expert Advice Edition
Everyone wants to tell DOT what to do. So can we do that with the NYPD? Or the FDNY? Didn't think so. Plus other news.
July 27, 2026
MYTHS BUSTED: Five Lies From This Week’s Community Board Meetings
Streetsblog runs down and corrects five street safety myths heard this week on the community board circuit.
June 5, 2026
Manhattan Community Board Backs Mamdani’s W. 72nd Street Bike Lane
Manhattan Community Board 7 voted 26-19 in favor of Mayor Mamdani and DOT's proposal.
June 3, 2026
Upper West Siders Beg DOT For A ‘Low-Traffic Neighborhood’
Manhattan Community Board 7 asked the DOT to explore a pilot program in the district aimed at redirecting outside traffic away from local streets.
April 8, 2026
AT THEIR LIMIT: Boards Covering 1M New Yorkers Want Reduced Car Speeds
Eight community boards have asked the city Department of Transportation to designate their districts as “slow zones” with 20-mile-per-hour car speed limits.
March 24, 2026
Community Boards Push Mamdani’s DOT to Use ‘Sammy’s Law’ To Lower Speed Limits
As City Hall and the Council bicker over lower speed limits, community boards are demanding action.
March 9, 2026
Manhattan Panel Pans DOT Plan for Unprotected E. 17th St. Bike Lane
Community Board 6 voted overwhelmingly to support a protected bike lane over DOT's unprotected proposal.
February 17, 2026
The Streetsblog Angle: The 70th Street Bike Lane Is In the Epstein Files!
Somewhere, maybe, Woody Allen finally regrets opposing that bike lane.
January 30, 2026
Bushwick Panel Opposes NYPD Cycling Crackdown — But Board Chair Slams Newbies
A community board chair is calling into question the very role of community boards by saying his board doesn't speak for the community. Yes, he said the thinking part out loud.
January 28, 2026
