Speaker Julie Menin, Minority Leader David Carr (R-Staten Island) and Majority Leader Shaun Abreu (D-Manhattan) fired off a letter Tuesday to Mamdani and city Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn requesting the city increase its annual road-resurfacing target by another 200 lane miles – bringing it to 1,350 for the fiscal year beginning in July. Read more here.
War is over: Mayor Mamdani has ended his predecessor’s criminal crackdown on cycling.
“If we’re serious about safety, we have to address the root causes of dangerous riding, and that includes the systems pushing people on bikes to take risks,” said Council Member Shaun Abreu (D-Morningside Heights). Read more here.
New York City Council Transportation Committee Chairman Shaun Abreu pressed Department of Transportation officials to commit to meeting the goals of the Streets Master Plan, a 2019 law that sets legal benchmarks for the number of miles of bus lanes and bike lanes the city must install. Read more here.
New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner (NYC DOT) Mike Flynn today announced that NYC DOT will reduce the speed limit to 15 MPH at every eligible school location across the five boroughs by the end of Mayor Mamdani’s first term.
“Sammy’s Law will save lives, and I’m grateful to Mayor Mamdani and DOT Commissioner Flynn for using it to lower speeds around schools.
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New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn today announced the kick-off of the transformation of Manhattan’s 14th Street corridor through a public planning process launching this month, known as The 14th Street Plan: Keeping People Moving and Business Booming.
“The 14th Street Plan is an unprecedented opportunity to transform one of our city’s most important corridors with a people-first investment that will deliver faster buses, safer streets, and better ways for all New Yorkers to get around,”
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The NYPD on Friday released body-camera footage of officers encountering Department of Homeland Security agents after last week’s federal immigration arrest of Columbia University student Ellie Aghayeva.
“The public interest demands transparency and accountability related both to the actions of the Federal officers involved and the assertions made by DHS officials,” read the Monday letter, signed by State Assemblyman Micah Lasher, Manhattan Borough President Brad Hoylman-Sigal and local City Councilman Shaun Abreu, among others.
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Hundreds of New Yorkers crowded into the pews of St. Michael’s Episcopal Church on Sunday, united by a different mission than that of the church’s usual services: to combat the presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on the Upper West Side and across Manhattan.
“The truth is, Ellie’s experience is far from the reality of so many who are being abducted every single day by ICE,” Shaun Abreu.
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City leaders gathered inside council chambers Tuesday to focus on the future of street safety while addressing unfinished work from past years.
“The Department of Transportation has repeatedly fallen short of these requirements,” said City Council Majority Leader Shaun Abreu. “Particularly with respect to bus lanes, bike lanes and bus stop upgrades.” Read more here.
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TODAY, in a major step toward universal child care from six weeks to five years old, Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and Governor Kathy Hochul announced the first four communities that will receive free 2-K seats this fall.
“Protecting our city’s future starts with protecting our families,” said Council Majority Leader Shaun Abreu. Read more here.
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The school will remain open after a meeting where an accidentally unmuted parent made racist statements, prompting widespread outrage.
“Thank you to @DOEChancellor for listening to our UWS families and deciding to not close Community Action School,” Councilmember Shaun Abreu, who represents parts of the Upper West Side, Harlem and Washington Heights,said on X (formerly Twitter). Read more here.
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