Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Saturday the city will complete its formerly planned redesign of McGuinness Boulevard in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
The project will transform the road, giving it a driving lane, a parking-protected bike lane and a vehicular parking and loading lane in each direction.
Several pedestrian deaths prompted the city to propose the redesign in May 2023.
An indictment unsealed in August revealed that former Mayor Adams aide Ingrid Lewis-Martin allegedly took bribes in exchange for the Department of Transportation withdrawing support for the project.
“To these families, to these New Yorkers, I am so sorry that we could not have done this earlier, years and decades ago, to have saved the loved ones in your life. But I thank you for the work that you have done to ensure that we can save those New Yorkers today, tomorrow, the weeks, the months, the years to come to ensure that this pain not be felt by others who call this same city home.”
Mamdani and DOT Commissioner Michael Flynn said the project will start as soon as weather allows, with dry conditions and temperatures over 40 necessary for the work.
“I will just say, as someone who has been on the other side of DOT for many years, we actually mean this,” Mamdani said to laughs from the crowd.