Mayor Mamdani's Daylighting Budget Covers Tiny Fraction of the City - Streetsblog New York City

"The Mamdani administration should not be satisfied with a pace of change set by the Adams administration. The mayor ran [for office] on universal daylighting, and we expect to see resources allocated accordingly."

"Intersections are the most deadly part the street for pedestrians, accounting for 55 percent of pedestrians fatalities and 79 percent of pedestrians injuries, according to city stats. Cities from Hong Kong to Hoboken have used daylighting to stem that carnage."

"With roughly 40,000 intersections citywide, there are some 320,000 potential locations DOT could daylight, assuming each has two sides per corner and four corners per intersection. So 500 locations a year with hard infrastructure amounts to 0.16 percent of that number."

Mayor Mamdani has proposed insufficient funding for hardened daylighting, allocating resources for only 500 locations per year, which represents just 0.16 percent of the approximately 320,000 eligible locations citywide. City transportation officials have repeatedly emphasized that daylighting corners without hard protections endangers pedestrians. The current budget was established under former Mayor Eric Adams, who similarly scaled back his initial promise to ban parking at 1,000 intersections annually. Advocates and transportation organizations are pressuring Mamdani to increase funding and fulfill his campaign pledge for universal daylighting citywide. Intersections account for 55 percent of pedestrian fatalities and 79 percent of pedestrian injuries, making this safety measure critical.

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