Mayor Eric Adams defended his administration's decision to scale back a community-backed redesign of McGuinness Boulevard and called the compromise a win. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg alleges that Adams's former top adviser, Ingrid Lewis-Martin, was bribed by Gina and Tony Argento, executives of Broadway Stages, who are major donors and opponents of the redesign. The shelved safety improvements followed the alleged influence and donations, according to the probe. Advocates with Make McGuinness Safe called the design process corrupted and said opposition was bought by Broadway Stages. Council-member-elect Zohran Mamdani vowed to complete the omitted portion of the redesign.
McGuinness was a win,
To sit down and come to a resolution that both sides could agree on. There was a lot of conversations. There were people on both sides of the issue, and you have to come to a middle.
Mayor Adams's top aide corrupted the McGuinness design process,
The opposition to this plan was produced, bought, and paid for by Broadway Stages,
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