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The Year in Mamdani: The Incoming Mayor Was on the Streetsblog Beat in 2025

These are the transportation policy highlights of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani's improbable 2025 run for City Hall.

December 31, 2025

Streetsies 2025: The Losers of the Year

If you want to talk about losers, this year had 'em in bunches. Hate-vote for your favorite!

December 30, 2025

Exclusive: Mamdani Pick for Top Diversity Official Is a Recidivist Bus Lane Blocker

Michael Garner, a former MTA official, has been caught blocking bus lanes or bus stops six times this year alone, city records show.

December 29, 2025

EXCLUSIVE: Mamdani’s Official Swearing In Will Be At Abandoned Original City Hall Subway Station

The mayor-elect will kick off a new era by throwing things back to an older one.

December 29, 2025

How Mamdani Can Deliver a Bigger Dream for Buses

To truly upgrade New York City's bus system, the Mamdani administration needs to think even bigger than "fast and free."

December 26, 2025

Mamdani Appoints Pro-Labor Lawyer To Run Worker Protection Agency

"My life's work has been about ensuring that money and power cannot trample the rights and dignity of working people," said the incoming DCWP commissioner, Sam Levine.

December 23, 2025

Streetsblog’s ‘Car-Free Carolers’ Bring the Joy, Mirth and Ho-Ho-Hope to this Holiday Season

Streetsblog's singers are back, belting out their parody classics to make a serious point: New York's roadways don't have to be dangerous places for kids and lungs, but can be joyous spaces for people to walk around, shop, eat or just ... hang out.

December 18, 2025

Mamdani Vows To Appeal Ruling that Killed DOT’s Astoria Bike Lane

The city has yet to appeal the nearly two-week-old ruling — but a new mayor says he'll change that pronto.

December 17, 2025

Mamdani’s Free Buses Plan Faces ‘Uphill Battle’ in Albany

The fight over free buses could be an early barometer of Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani and Gov. Hochul's ability to compromise.

December 16, 2025

Delay By Design: ‘Major Transportation’ Law Still Gums Up Street Safety Projects

A law from the 2000s bikelash still makes it harder to make streets safer.

December 15, 2025