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Mamdani plans redesign of Brooklyn's Third Avenue after nurse killed in hit-and-run

first published Oct 28, 2026, 4:00 AM ET · 11 articles · title as published by Gothamist

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  • GothamistMamdani plans redesign of Brooklyn's Third Avenue after nurse killed in hit-and-runOct 28, 2026, 4:00 AM ET
  • amNewYorkMamdani greenlights long-delayed Third Avenue safety overhaul in Brooklyn, targets 2028 finishOct 28, 2026, 4:10 PM ET
  • The City ReporterQueens Leaders Urge Mamdani to Acquire African Burial Ground to Turn Into MemorialOct 28, 2026, 5:42 PM ET
  • City & State NYHow Mamdani canceled ‘Cop City’Oct 29, 2026, 5:00 AM ET
  • amNewYorkCity Council pushback stalls Mamdani’s racial equity watchdog shake-up until 2027Oct 29, 2026, 9:15 AM ET
  • New York Post – MetroMamdani quietly cans ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ plans for massive joint public safety training facilityOct 29, 2026, 5:18 PM ET
  • GothamistNYC Council takes key step toward Mamdani's promised Department of Community SafetyOct 30, 2026, 7:30 AM ET
  • amNewYorkMamdani’s new animal welfare chief has a mission: Protect pets and their caretakersOct 30, 2026, 8:00 AM ET
  • City & State NYMamdani’s Office of Community Safety makes the case for its own existence to the City CouncilOct 30, 2026, 5:22 PM ET
  • amNewYorkSeven months in, City Council asks Mamdani’s community safety office: What’s actually new?Oct 31, 2026, 10:45 AM ET
  • amNewYorkEditorial | Get serious on Community SafetyNov 2, 2026, 7:00 AM ET

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  • Lead image published by GothamistPhoto: Gothamist
    GothamistRamsey Khalifeh

    Mamdani plans redesign of Brooklyn's Third Avenue after nurse killed in hit-and-run

    A memorial on Third Avenue near NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn. Sunset Park residents and street safety advocates have called on city officials to make the avenue safer for years.

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  • Lead image published by amNewYorkPhoto: amNewYork
    amNewYorkAdam Daly

    Mamdani greenlights long-delayed Third Avenue safety overhaul in Brooklyn, targets 2028 finish

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Wednesday pledged to complete a long-delayed safety overhaul of Brooklyn’s Third Avenue by the end of 2028, reviving a project that stalled under his predecessor after years…

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    The City ReporterGreg B. Smith

    Queens Leaders Urge Mamdani to Acquire African Burial Ground to Turn Into Memorial

    Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. this week sent letters to Mayor Zohran Mamdani and two government agencies demanding they intervene to transform a parking lot built on top of an…

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    City & State NYJeff Coltin

    How Mamdani canceled ‘Cop City’

    New York City won’t be building a public safety training facility next to the police academy in Queens.

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  • Lead image published by amNewYorkPhoto: amNewYork
    amNewYorkAdam Daly

    City Council pushback stalls Mamdani’s racial equity watchdog shake-up until 2027

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s plan to replace the head of New York City’s independent racial equity watchdog has been delayed until at least next summer after City Council members pushed back against…

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    New York Post – MetroCraig McCarthy

    Mamdani quietly cans ex-Mayor Eric Adams’ plans for massive joint public safety training facility

    Hizzoner pulled the plug on the Eric Adams initiative at some point this year after the admin “decided not to move forward with the proposed public safety training facility and there is no funding…

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    GothamistBen Feuerherd

    NYC Council takes key step toward Mamdani's promised Department of Community Safety

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani talking to NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch. The mayor's Department of Community Safety may soon become real. Lawmakers on Friday debate a bill that would create the new…

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  • Lead image published by amNewYorkPhoto: amNewYork
    amNewYorkBarbara Russo-Lennon

    Mamdani’s new animal welfare chief has a mission: Protect pets and their caretakers

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani recently appointed animal rescuer and advocate Allie Taylor as director of his Office of Animal Welfare. Taylor is widely known throughout New York for her work at Voters for…

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  • Lead image published by City & State NYPhoto: City & State NY
    City & State NYShenal Tissera

    Mamdani’s Office of Community Safety makes the case for its own existence to the City Council

    The new office may be intentionally separate from the police, but Commissioner Ayesha Delany-Brumsey said they’re in constant communication with the NYPD.

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  • Lead image published by amNewYorkPhoto: amNewYork
    amNewYorkAdam Daly

    Seven months in, City Council asks Mamdani’s community safety office: What’s actually new?

    Mayor Zohran Mamdani has big plans for his Office of Community Safety. But seven months after he created it, City Council members spent part of Friday’s oversight hearing trying to establish what…

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  • Lead image published by amNewYorkPhoto: amNewYork
    amNewYork

    Editorial | Get serious on Community Safety

    A year ago this Wednesday, New York City voters elected Zohran Mamdani as their new mayor. He won over a majority of New Yorkers on the promise of bringing substantial change to City Hall in how it…

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