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Managing the Chaos: A Progress Report on New York City's Curb Management
Featured in Home, Curb Reform Angel Mendoza 9/10/25 Featured in Home, Curb Reform Angel Mendoza 9/10/25

Managing the Chaos: A Progress Report on New York City's Curb Management

Two years after NYC DOT's Curb Management Action Plan, we evaluated the they progress made and outline the work still needed to make our curbs work for all New Yorkers.

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Clarkson School Street Project
School Streets, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 9/10/25 School Streets, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 9/10/25

Clarkson School Street Project

We’re teaming up with the Clarkson Street school community, Project for Public Spaces and NYCDOT to turn their street into a vibrant, safe space for connection and play.

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Curbside Restaurant Week
Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 8/13/25 Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 8/13/25

Curbside Restaurant Week

Experience exclusive deals and special treats at NYC’s first-ever curbside dining celebration. Support your favorite local restaurants and show the city you love outdoor dining!

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Bring Low Traffic Neighborhoods to New York City
CTA, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 8/12/25 CTA, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 8/12/25

Bring Low Traffic Neighborhoods to New York City

Our residential streets should prioritize residents.

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Let’s make Summer Streets better every year
CTA, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 7/16/25 CTA, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 7/16/25

Let’s make Summer Streets better every year

Advocate for extended hours and even more weekends of Summer Streets fun.

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Digging In to Dining Out: Ways to Fix New York City's Outdoor Dining Program
Featured in Home Chelsea Dowell 3/31/25 Featured in Home Chelsea Dowell 3/31/25

Digging In to Dining Out: Ways to Fix New York City's Outdoor Dining Program

A combination of opaque bureaucracy, misguided city regulations, car-centered decisions in the City Council, and a small but vocal opposition are killing a program that once revitalized our streets.

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Cut-through driving: the bad habit clogging up your residential street
Featured in Home Chelsea Dowell 2/18/25 Featured in Home Chelsea Dowell 2/18/25

Cut-through driving: the bad habit clogging up your residential street

Think the traffic outside your window is from your neighborhoods? Actually, up to 90% of drivers in NYC neighborhoods are just using local streets as a shortcut. 'Cut-through driving' is turning residential blocks into miniature unofficial thruways and creating chaos, pollution, and unsafe streets for residents.

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Better intersections through daylighting
Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 1/31/25 Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 1/31/25

Better intersections through daylighting

A simple change removing parking at corners dramatically improves visibility and saves lives at intersections

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Managing Public Space for Equity, Safety & Joy
Featured in Home, Public Space Management Angel Mendoza 9/24/24 Featured in Home, Public Space Management Angel Mendoza 9/24/24

Managing Public Space for Equity, Safety & Joy

We're reimagining the future of New York City's public realm with a framework where well-managed public spaces are the norm, not the exception.

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Streets built for children to play, learn, & thrive
School Streets, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 4/10/24 School Streets, Featured in Home Angel Mendoza 4/10/24

Streets built for children to play, learn, & thrive

Every New York City school is eligible for safe, car-free space near their building! Our School Streets Toolkit helps them get it.

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Lifting Parking Mandates in New York City
Featured in Home, Parking Reform Angel Mendoza 4/9/24 Featured in Home, Parking Reform Angel Mendoza 4/9/24

Lifting Parking Mandates in New York City

To address our housing crisis, improve livability, spur economic development, and reduce the impact of climate change, it is vital that the City lift parking mandates citywide.

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