April 7, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Mayor Mamdani Launches Office of Curb Management at NYC DOT to Modernize Curb Space and Improve Street Safety
Mamdani administration takes holistic approach to organizing curb space
New office will expand loading zones, support deliveries, reduce unsafe parking behavior and better manage competing demands — from outdoor dining to waste containerization
NEW YORK — Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) Commissioner Mike Flynn today announced the creation of a new Office of Curb Management within NYC DOT to modernize how the City uses curb space and bring greater order and ease to New York City streets.
The new office will oversee curb policies across the city’s 6,300 miles of streets and roughly 3 million curbside parking spaces, with a focus on improving safety, reducing double parking and better managing competing demands — from deliveries and outdoor dining to bike parking and waste containerization. The office will also streamline interagency coordination on projects requiring curb management.
“How we manage our curbs is how we show our streets are for everyone — from cyclists and drivers to sanitation workers and delivery workers to food vendors and outdoor diners,” said Mayor Mamdani. “This new office will centralize planning so that our curbs can keep up with the new and growing ways New Yorkers enjoy our city. By modernizing curb management, we’re delivering a streetscape that is the envy of the world.”
“As our streets continue to evolve — from better bike infrastructure to growing demand for outdoor dining — the way we manage our limited curb space is critical,” said Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson. “Our curbs are more than just where our sidewalks meet the street, they are a reflection of how we want our streets to be used — streets that need to work for all New Yorkers.”
“Creating streets that are the envy of the world starts at the curb, because the curb lane is critical to a street’s success — if it isn’t working, the whole street isn’t working,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Mike Flynn. “New York City’s curb regulations have not evolved quickly enough since 1950, when overnight street parking was legalized. The result is a curb that too often feels chaotic and unsafe, and that must change.”
The new office will bring the city’s curb into the 21st century by taking a modern approach that utilizes curb space to meet a wider range of public needs, including multi-modal transportation options, loading zones, microhubs, vehicle pick-up and drop-off zones, secure bike parking, outdoor dining and more. This approach will better organize curb space and support safer, more efficient streets.
The Office of Curb Management will improve coordination by consolidating planning functions and positions that are currently spread across multiple teams, helping ensure a consistent, citywide approach to curb policy and design. The office will expand upon the City’s efforts to install loading zones, designate vehicle pick-up and drop-off areas, use parking strategies to promote more vehicle turnover at the curb, allow roadway outdoor dining and pilot on-street waste containerization.
NYC DOT will begin forming the new office immediately, including posting key leadership roles in the coming days.
The new Office of Curb Management builds on a number of other recent agency structural changes that center our streets, curbs and sidewalks on the needs of all users, including the creation of the Office of Livable Streets, which houses the new Public Realm team and the Cycling and Micromobility unit, and the creation of the Reconnecting Communities Planning unit that focuses on connecting neighborhoods divided by infrastructure.