Democratic mayoral nominee Zohran Mamdani on Monday unveiled a sweeping plan to reduce the number of sidewalk sheds across New York City, pledging to remove all city-owned scaffolding that has been up for more than three years and to overhaul the city’s approach to building maintenance and facade inspections.
The proposal aimed at dismantling what Mamdani called the city’s “concrete jungle gym” was unveiled during a Oct. 20 press conference in Union Square alongside Manhattan state Sen. Brad Hoylman-Sigal, Borough President Mark Levine, and City Council Member Keith Powers.
