The BQE, short for the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, is a major New York City highway that runs through Brooklyn and Queens and has long been criticized for traffic congestion and aging infrastructure.
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that → run → congestion
Davidson’s request was immediately met with cheers and thunderous applause from the studio audience.
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request → meet → audience
“You hit on something,” Kimmel noted.
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Kimmel → hit → something
“Look at that,” Davidson said, gesturing toward the crowd.
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Davidson → look → crowd
“That’s the loudest response I’ve ever gotten,” he added with a laugh.
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he → ’ → laugh
The “Saturday Night Live” star went on to explain that his frustration stemmed from the seemingly endless construction and what he described as a lack of visible work at the site.
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he → go → site
“The BQE has been under construction since before I was born.
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I → bear → construction
And here’s my problem with it,” Davidson said.
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Davidson → ’ → it
“They’re never doing anything.
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They → do → anything
Someone’s just standing there eating a sandwich or on the phone, and there
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Someone → stand → phone
“So I don’t know what mob front or whatever, who’s getting money from whatever, but just fix it, please,” he added.
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he → know → it
“I’m going ask him about it.
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I → go → it
I will ask him about it,” Kimmel assured Davidson, who replied, “Yeah, please!”
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who → ask → Davidson
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Report → start → news
At the end of Mamdani’s appearance on the show, Kimmel presented the mayor with Davidson’s question.
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Kimmel → present → question
“One more thing,” Kimmel told Mamdani.
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Kimmel → tell → Mamdani
“Hit me,” Mamdani said with a smile.
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Mamdani → hit → smile
“Pete Davidson wants to know what’s going on in the BQE,” Kimmel said.
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Kimmel → want → BQE
“He says he drives by it and he sees nobody doing anything.
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nobody → say → anything
He said it’s been like since before he was born.”
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he → say → ?
Mamdani responded by highlighting his office’s BQE Central Project, a $4 billion plan to rehabilitate the city-owned section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street, with construction expected to begin in 2030.
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construction → respond → 2030
“We’re gonna be putting a multi-billion dollar plan to actually repair the part the city owns,” Mamdani said.
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Mamdani → go → part
“Which is the part that is currently the most at risk and that’s going to be proceeding over the next 10 years.
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that → go → years
“So you’re saying Pete’s daughter will also be complaining about this,” Kimmel joked as Mamdani and the audience laughed.
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Mamdani → say → this
Fox News Digital reached out to Davidson’s and Mamdani’s reps for comment.
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Digital → reach → comment
Mamdani, a Democratic socialist, emerged as a surprise winner in New York City’s mayoral race last November after building a strong following through social media and grassroots campaigning.
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Mamdani → emerge → media
Davidson has mostly talked about politics jokingly, but he has openly criticized President Donald Trump and supported the Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election.
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he → talk → election
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Report → start → news
After Clinton lost the 2016 election, Davidson posted an angry pro-Clinton message and later got a tattoo of the former Secretary of State, calling her his “hero.”
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Davidson → lose → her
In an interview with Variety that was published Wednesday, Davidson discussed how he is in the process of removing nearly all of his almost 200 tattoos.
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he → publish → tattoos
“One, they were f—-n’ horrible,” he said of his tattoos.
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he → say → tattoos
I hated coming into the makeup trailer three hours early to spray-paint over horrible f—-n’ tattoos.
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I → hat → tattoos
And third, I was like, ‘I’m not this dude.’
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I → ’m → ?
I got these when I was in an immense amount of pain and I was trying to show people my pain.”
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I → get → pain
Davidson admitted that some of his tattoos were a result of his past struggles with self-harm, saying he initially used the ink to cover scars.
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he → admit → scars
“I used to cut, so some of [the tattoos] covered up the cuts,” he told Variety.
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he → use → Variety
However, Davidson confirmed that he would be keeping his Clinton tattoo despite removing most of his other ink.
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he → confirm → ink
“She stays,” he said of the tattoo depicting Clinton in a power suit on his right leg.
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he → stay → leg
“That’s my dog,” Davidson added of Clinton.
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Davidson → ’ → Clinton
“I love Hillary, man.
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I → love → Hillary
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