On July 1, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams and the Department of Transportation announced the return of Summer Streets, a program that temporarily creates car-free streets to create more outdoor safe spaces for pedestrians to enjoy. Each session of Summer Streets will run from 7 AM to 3 PM for five consecutive Saturdays between late July and August. This year’s program covers over 22 miles of streets citywide featuring live entertainment, fitness classes, cultural programs, giveaways … <Read More>
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DOT Opens E-Bike Trade-In Program Applications for Food Delivery Workers
On January 27, 2025, New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez announced applications New York City’s e-bike trade-in program are now open. The program allows eligible food delivery workers to trade in an uncertified electric bicycle (e-bike) or non-street legal moped for a safer UL-certified e-bike and UL-certified spare battery for free.
DOT Announces Return and Expansion of “Trick or Streets” for Halloween 2023
Image Credit: DOTOn October 11, 2023, the Department of Transportation announced the return of “Trick or Streets,” the Halloween-season expansion of the Open Streets program. Last year, “Trick or Streets” restricted car access on nearly 100 streets on Halloween night to provide more open space for pedestrian access when many families would be out for trick or treating.
City Reveals Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan to Bring Affordable Housing and Open Space to Central Brooklyn
On September 7, 2023, the New York City Mayor’s Office and New York City Department of City Planning released plans for new affordable senior homes and a revamp of St. Andrew’s Playground in Central Brooklyn. The departments’ objective was to further their ‘Atlantic Avenue Mixed-Use Plan’ by building in a zone of Brooklyn that has been stifled by restrictive zoning regulations.
Mayor Announces Holiday Open Street, Pedestrian Space Around Rockefeller Center and Small Business Support Campaigns
The pedestrian space around Rockefeller Center returns to help accommodate holiday crowds. On November 22, 2022, Mayor Eric Adams announced the City’s largest holiday season specific open street and the return of the pedestrianized area around Rockefeller Center for the holiday season, along with two new ad campaigns to support local and small businesses. Temporary pedestrian spaces ease crowding and enhance public safety as thousands of visitors and New Yorkers celebrate the holiday season. For … <Read More>
Mayor Celebrates Opening of “90 Sands” Affordable Housing Development
The former Jehovah’s Witnesses hotel has been converted into nearly 500 affordable and supportive housing units. On November 3, 2022, Mayor Adams, the Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD), and the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) joined nonprofit Breaking Ground to celebrate the opening of 90 Sands, a former hotel converted into 491 affordable and supportive housing units in Dumbo, Brooklyn.