A Streetsblog New York City post published early Wednesday claims Mayor Zohran Mamdani is set to order the Department of Transportation to shut down dozens of Queens intersections and transform them into car-free, Rome-style “piazzas.” The first batch, the site says, would land squarely in the districts of Councilmembers Vickie Paladino and Joann Ariola.
In the telling, curbside parking and travel lanes would be ripped out for seating, trees and public art, with cars held at bay by planters, bollards and even statues. City Hall, however, had not yet posted any matching announcement on its official news pages.
