While Zohran Mamdani needs the support and backing of the state legislature and Governor Kathy Hochul in order to realize much of his ambitious affordability agenda, the mayor-elect himself will have near-complete control over New York City's streets as soon as he takes office on January 1, 2026.
The bar for success for making New York less car-centric and more friendly to pedestrians, cyclists, and public transit riders will be low: Mayor Eric Adams repeatedly failed to install the legally required number of bus and bike lanes, and dismantled significant Department of Transportation projects that were supposed to make streets safer and more efficient, from the McGuinness Boulevard redesign to the Fordham Road busway.
So what should Mayor Mamdani do, immediately, for the streets of New York? We asked a handful of experts, and here's what they told us.
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