Weekend Blitz Fills More
Than 7,000 Potholes in NYC
NEW YORK—New York City Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani and New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn announced on March 16 that Saturday’s pothole repair blitz resulted in more than 7,000 pothole repairs across the city in one day.
Since Mayor Mamdani took office, NYC DOT has fixed more than 50,000 potholes, with an average response time of around two days. Additional pothole blitzes are planned for later this spring. NYC DOT will resurface 1,150 miles of roadway this year, city officials stated.
The five-borough effort was launched by the mayor and Commissioner Flynn to repair potholes after a historic winter marked by record snowfall and sustained cold temperatures. The mayor launched the campaign last Friday in response to the death of a 46-year-old last week who was thrown from his electric stand-up scooter after hitting a pothole in Richmond Hill, Queens, according to the New York Daily News. The victim died at the accident scene.
Mayor Mamdani said, “Repairing potholes is about more than simply ensuring a smooth ride for New Yorkers, it’s about making sure our streets are safe and accessible for everyone. I am extremely grateful to the hard-working people of the Department of Transportation who spent their Saturday improving our roads, and we will continue to use every tool available to make our streetscape and transit systems the envy of the world.”
“NYC DOT crews stepped up yesterday to fill almost a week’s worth of potholes in a single day,” said NYC DOT Commissioner Flynn. “Now that the streets have thawed from a historic winter, we’ve ramped up our pothole-filling efforts and are beginning to fully repave streets across the five boroughs. This year, we’ll repave more than 1,100 lane miles of streets—the best way to help ensure our streets are safe and smooth for all New Yorkers.”
Published: March 17, 2026