It’s back in the fast lane.
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he would resurrect a Brooklyn bike lane redesign project that had been scrapped by his predecessor Eric Adams’ administration under a cloud of alleged corruption.
McGuiness Boulevard in Greenpoint will have protected bike lanes along its full length from Meeker Avenue to the Pulaski Bridge, Mamdani announced over the weekend.
The move restored the plan that Adams’ consigliere Ingrid Lewis-Martin had controversially pushed to end in 2023 after Greenpoint bigwigs allegedly showered her in bribes, including a cameo in the Hulu show “Godfather of Harlem” opposite Forest Whitaker.
Mamdani alluded to the scandal by denouncing his predecessor’s administration as bowing to “big-money interests.”
“Today, however, there is a new mayor in City Hall,” he said at a Saturday rally along McGuinness Boulevard.
The roadway has seen more than 200 deaths since 1956, stoking concerns among locals that boiled over into the Make McGuinness Safe advocacy campaign called to redesign it.
The deaths included York College student Doniqueca Cooke — whose mother attended the Mamdani event — in a 2016 crash and elementary school teacher Matthew Jensen in 2021.
Both were killed by hit-and-run drivers.
With the backing of local elected officials such as state Assemblywoman Emily Gallagher (D-Brooklyn), city planners crafted a plan to add protected bike lanes and other traffic-slowing measures.
But some powerful locals — notably Gina and Tony Argento, siblings who own the Broadway Stages studio — opposed the plan.
The Argentos allegedly paid off Lewis-Martin with $2,500, along with a speaking role on the “Godfather of Harlem” show, to get the mayor’s office to redraw the plans, Manhattan prosecutors said.
“We do not care what they say,” Lewis-Martin allegedly texted Gina Argento about the Make McGuinness Safe group. “We are ignoring them and continuing with our plan. They can kiss my ass.”
Mamdani’s newly installed transportation commissioner Mike Flynn said the project will now begin in April or May.
“It’s really dependent on our partner Mother Nature,” he said.
Lewis-Martin, who has pleaded not guilty to all charges across five separate indictments, was unrepentant about scotching the redesign.
“I did my job and I did nothing illegal and I listened to the concerns in the community,” she told The Post on Monday.
The longtime political power player also brushed off Mamdani’s implicit diss.
“He doesn’t know because if he knew me, he would know I would never do anything wrong, so I’ll give him a pass.”
