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Thanks to congestion pricing, we can move beyond the status quo and help our city move faster and function better, including getting trucks off the street at peak times. That means less congestion, less conflict at the curb, and safer streets for everyone. gothamist.com/news/congestio…
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For Climate Week, I joined @OpenPlans for a panel to talk about giving New Yorkers safer, cleaner options to get around.
My Get Around NY Act would redirect state funding toward transit, bike infrastructure, and walkable cities that are better for both people and the planet.
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The momentum is building! Low Traffic Neighborhoods are such a great tool for quality of life - no one wants cars racing through their neighborhoods.
Thanks @ShaunAbreu for your leadership on this!
World-class cities don’t treat their residential streets like highways.
That’s why my bill will bring low traffic neighborhoods to NYC, creating designs that keep access but stop cars from cutting through. Looking forward to working with @bradhoylman and @NYCCouncil on this!
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Thank you to everyone who attended our Climate Week panel on reducing driving! It was a wonderful opportunity to discuss innovative solutions to cutting emissions from personal vehicles. Stay tuned for more from us on reshaping NYC policy to build a more sustainable future
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Council Members @ShaunAbreu, @Powers4Queens, and @ShahanaFromBK's new bill to pilot Low Traffic Neighborhoods has the potential to transform our streets to the benefit of all New Yorkers.
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More info on LTNs and what they'd mean for your community: openplans.org/low-traffic-ne…
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Low-traffic neighborhoods are a common-sense solution to a serious problem. Let's get cut-through traffic off our residential streets and create quieter, safer, more connected neighborhoods!
After a series of tragic pedestrian deaths across Manhattan, it's time we take bold action to protect Manhattanites.
That's why I'm supporting Majority Leader @ShaunAbreu's bill to pilot Low-Traffic Neighborhoods, or LTNs, across the city.
The bill would require the City to install at least two different types of traffic-calming devices in five city neighborhoods, like speed humps, medians or barriers at intersections to force drivers to slow down.
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NYC lawmakers want 'low-traffic neighborhoods' with more speed humps, street changes
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Cars emit 3.5x more than freight, 13.5x more than buses, despite moving fewer people. Policymakers focused on climate can’t ignore their impact.
🌎 Join our Climate Week panel TOMORROW to see what's worked to cut driving and clean up our air.
RSVP: luma.com/parking-70cz
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🚗 Private cars are NYC's 3rd-largest source of emissions, right behind homes and businesses.
Join our Climate Week panel TOMORROW to explore what's worked to cut driving and clean up our air.
📍 Brooklyn Borough Hall
RSVP: luma.com/parking-70cz
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The Mayor is spot on. New Yorkers deserve a govt focused on their quality of life; that's why we need an Office of Public Space Management to properly maintain and steward our streets, curbs, sidewalks, plazas, parks, and more. NYC's public realm should be the best in the world!
🚨 At the U20 Mayors Summit, Mamdani Says the Left Has Ceded “Quality of Life,” “Efficiency,” and “Fraud and Waste” to the Right
This was one of the more interesting arguments Zohran Mamdani made today at the U20 Mayors Summit, and a reminder that he can be genuinely sharp when he drops the “central casting” routine.
“In New York City, there are certain words that have taken on ideological associations.”
“Quality of life has come to be seen as somehow a right-wing concern. Efficiency… has been taken on as a right-wing concern, rooting out fraud and waste, a right-wing concern.”
Mamdani’s argument is that refusing to engage those issues actually helps the Right.
“If you are staring at an example of social disorder or social inefficiency, and the left refuses to explain either why it has happened or how they will fix it, then the right gets to point at someone in the immediate area and say, ‘That’s who did it.’”
The harder question is how much of the broader Left is actually prepared to follow the advice.
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Check out our recommendations for improving quality of life through better public space management: openplans.org/public-space-m…
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Interested in exploring how you can improve quality of life in your community? Drop by the Oculus on Thursday afternoon for a demo of our LTN tool, and learn which communities would benefit most from eliminating cut-through traffic.
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On #WorldCarFreeDay we're thinking about how to build more sustainable cities. Join us and RPA on Thursday for our Climate Week panels on centering driving in the climate discussion, and how we can tackle cars as a source of emissions. RSVP here: luma.com/parking-70cz
Today is #WorldCarFreeDay!
Whether you walk, bike, or take transit, today is a great day to think about how we can get around without cars.
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Happy Climate Week! Join us on Thursday at Brooklyn Borough Hall where we’ll be tackling the climate elephant in the room; driving.
RSVP here: luma.com/parking-70cz
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Most New Yorkers don't drive, and City of Yes recognized that eliminating parking minimums discourages unnecessary car infrastructure and reduces costs for everyone. It's time to expand the policy citywide and eliminate parking mandates for good.
Proposed parking for new housing in NYC
Before and after City of Yes, split by transit zone.
* Caveats below
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Reimagining and replacing highways has been successful all over the world. We could do it here.
When Seoul removed its Cheonggyecheon elevated highway, the city got reconnected communities, better air, a thriving public space and less traffic congestion. If New York rethinks the future of the BQE, we can notch a similar win-win-win-win for our city.
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When Seoul removed its Cheonggyecheon elevated highway, the city got reconnected communities, better air, a thriving public space and less traffic congestion. If New York rethinks the future of the BQE, we can notch a similar win-win-win-win for our city.
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“It’s been so wonderful having the community enjoy a new public space together, and it was amazing how popular it was, especially for families. It’s shown how big of an appetite there is for these types of space-reclaiming activations...” qns.com/2026/09/austin-stree…
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A community-centered street is coming soon…thank you to our partners at @HudsonSquareNYC for giving us a sneak peak of how beautiful it will be!! 🌻🌹🌷
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