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Mayor Mamdani’s Daylighting Budget Covers Tiny Fraction of the City

The funding is nowhere near enough to bring daylighting citywide as Mayor Mamdani promised to do on the campaign trail.

March 18, 2026

Monday’s Headlines: Daylighting Dead-End Edition

Mayor Mamdani declined to stick up for universal daylighting when pressed about the issue on Friday. Plus more news.

March 9, 2026

Mamdani ‘Fully Confident’ in DOT Commissioner Despite Daylighting U-Turn

Mamdani declined to to follow through on his campaign pledge to "push back" on DOT's anti-daylighting position.

March 6, 2026

Mamdani’s DOT Endorses Adams’s ‘Unacceptable’ Opposition To Universal Daylighting, Stunning Abreu

The new mayor said he wants "streets that are the envy of the world" — yet he continues his predecessor's flawed policy on daylighting.

March 3, 2026

Mamdani: Daylighting Before Death!

The mayor wants the Department of Transportation to add daylighting before someone has been killed rather than wait to ban parking at intersections after a completely avoidable tragedy.

January 5, 2026

The Children of New York City Deserve Universal Daylighting

Daylighting is a moral imperative that protects the most vulnerable New Yorkers: children.

December 10, 2025

Speaker Adams to Sink Daylighting Bill: Advocates

The last-minute move shatters years of grass roots advocacy.

December 9, 2025

Speaker Adams and DOT Are Eviscerating Daylighting Bill

Some are looking to the next mayor and Council to pass the life-saving measure.

November 21, 2025

Opinion: Daylighting Isn’t Anti-Driver — It’s Pro-Common Sense

Listen to a Republican: "The Department of Transportation's negative report on daylighting is like judging the effectiveness of lifeboats on the Titanic by studying the ones that never left the ship."

November 14, 2025