Months after Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the city would proceed with a redesign of 34th Street that had been halted by the Trump administration, the plan is no closer to completion.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani and state transit officials announced a plan to study a heat-capture system that could cool a notoriously hot train station and help heat city buildings in the winter.
The road redesign to prioritize buses, the first such project in the borough, had been put on hold after the Trump administration objected to a similar plan in Manhattan.
The city is moving forward with a redesign of 34th Street in Manhattan that the White House halted last year after threatening to withhold federal funding for other transit priorities.
Mamdani's progressive plan to offer free bus service would saddle taxpayers with more than $900 million a year in new costs, according to a fiscal watchdog, which says the money would be better spent on reducing fares.
Rather than making city buses free for all riders, elected officials and transit advocates are pushing to expand a transit program for low-income New Yorkers.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said that he is “absolutely committed to making buses fast and free”
It starts at the curb. It extends far beyond that.
The mayor is seeking the governor’s help in making bus service free when the New York City area plays host to the soccer tournament this summer.