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U.N. General Assembly Season Should Be ‘World’s Fair,’ Not A Gridlock Grind

Treating the arrival of United Nations diplomats to our world-class city as a burden rather than asset shows the dearth of quality public space in New York — and shows we are not the envy of the world.

Jon Orcutt

September 18, 2026

U.N. General Assembly Season Should Be ‘World’s Fair,’ Not A Gridlock Grind

Car-Free Streets

Vive La Sécurité! Paris-Style Gated School Street Coming To Tribeca

Mayor Mamdani is starting the school year off in safe fashion by slapping a permanent gate on a Tribeca car-free school street, a true French treat.

Sophia Lebowitz

September 9, 2026

Plazas

‘LGBTBQE’: North Brooklyn Gay Bar Inaugurates New Car-Free Plaza

Williamsburg mainstay The Exley inaugurated a new car-free pedestrian plaza in a BQE-adjacent slip lane that was until recently occupied by cars.

Sophia Lebowitz

August 20, 2026

Summer Streets

NYPD De-Escalates Its ‘Bummer Streets’ Policing At This Week’s Car-Free DOT Event

Summer Streets was mostly once again a joyous event, though the NYPD did what it could to spoil the fun again.

Sammy Sussman

August 9, 2026

School streets

City Budget Needs $20M For School Streets: Advocates

Advocates are pushing the mayor to make good on his campaign promise to fund and create universal open streets in front of schools.

Dave Colon

June 17, 2026

DOT

Mamdani Adds Funding for Open Streets As Organizers Press for More

Mayor Mamdani's budget baselines $6.4 million per year through 2030 for Open Streets.

Dave Colon

June 15, 2026

Low Traffic Neighborhoods

Mamdani’s Path to Low Traffic Neighborhoods Could Run Through Queens

Mamdani could make the World's Borough the "envy of the world."

Kevin Duggan

May 20, 2026

Car-Free Streets

Mamdani Will Create 50 ‘Soccer Streets’ During World Cup — Most on Existing School Streets

More than four dozen car-free school streets will be transformed into soccer fun zones, Mayor (and First Soccer Fan) Mamdani will announce later on Monday in The Bronx.