The pilot program to close select city streets to traffic so New Yorkers can stretch their legs amid the coronavirus shutdown has the green light, Gov. Andrew Cuomo confirmed Wednesday — despite what sources describe as a hesitant Mayor Bill de Blasio.
“The plan is going to pilot closing streets in New York City,” Cuomo said in an Albany press briefing. “Because we have much less traffic … [we have] open streets. People want to go out and get some air.”
Cuomo offered no additional details about the test run, which he first called for on Sunday morning — and which de Blasio rolled out more than 48 hours later on Tuesday afternoon.
Up to two streets per borough will be closed to vehicular traffic starting Thursday, Hizzoner said, though he was mum on which stretches would be shuttered.
The delay in implementing the plan was on the part of the reticent de Blasio administration, a source told The Post.
“They’re not making it easy,” said the insider.
The hope is that offering New Yorkers additional space to shake off their self-isolation blues would keep them from congregating in city parks, in order to maintain social distancing, which appears to be working to drive down the rate of coronavirus-related hospitalizations.
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