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Comedian Pete Davidson used his appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' to directly challenge NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani regarding the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). Davidson expressed frustration over decades of stalled construction and perceived corruption, while Mamdani pointed to a $4 billion rehabilitation plan scheduled to begin in 2030.
Comedian Pete Davidson used his appearance on 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to directly challenge New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani regarding the prolonged construction delays on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE). Davidson, a lifelong New Yorker, expressed frustration that the highway has been under construction since before his birth, citing a lack of visible progress and suspecting corruption. In response, Mamdani outlined a $4 billion rehabilitation plan for the city-owned section of the expressway, with construction scheduled to begin in 2030.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced a $4 billion plan to repair the 1.5-mile BQE Central, a city-owned stretch of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, including aging concrete and cantilever work. The plan calls for two temporary bypasses—one over Furman Street and another from Columbia Heights to the Manhattan Bridge—so traffic remains on the highway during reconstruction. Environmental review begins this fall, with construction expected to start in 2030 and last about 10 years, extending the highway’s life by roughly 40 years and serving about 130,000 daily vehicles while avoiding disruption to local streets.