But this isn’t the first year where a high-profile ramming attack preceded an open streets event. Mayor Mamdani declined to criticize the NYPD’s unprecedented car-first approach, while defending the department’s controversial approach to policing large public events since he took office. Photo: Streetsblog“I will follow up on the reporting around Summer Streets. Last year, for example, a driver attacked a crowd waiting outside a theater in Los Angeles one week before the first Summer Streets event. But despite Mamdani touting new funding for the program earlier this year, Summer Streets 2026 covers more or less the same distances as Summer Streets 2025.