In AM NY: Manhattan Borough President Levine pushes plan to raze FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan

Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine on Wednesday called for tearing down the elevated FDR Drive in Lower Manhattan and replacing it with a ground-level boulevard.

In a video posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, Levine called the elevated highway a “massive, noisy, ugly barrier” between Manhattanites and their waterfront, and that the time has come to “tear that barrier down.”

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