The McGuiness Boulevard redesign was finally implemented last fall after years of activism and the deaths of three people in 10 years — but also after City Hall changed course twice.

“Every elected official who — in Greenpoint — supported the plan, 10,000 neighbors signed a petition in support,” said Councilmember Lincoln Restler, whose district includes McGuinness Boulevard.

“We held rally after rally, event after event, demanding this plan, and the Department of Transportation put forward a smart and thoughtful plan to make it happen. The mayor had supposedly supported it, and then Ingrid inserted herself.”

It was already known by elected officials that Ingrid Lewis-Martin, former chief adviser to Mayor Eric Adams, squashed the plan for one traffic lane in each direction, with pedestr

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