“I really don’t know what the rationale to close down an expressway is,” Riccio said. “Look, this is one of the busiest weekends in the city. This is going to be the weekend right after the Fourth of July. We’re having a lot of resources, we’re putting a lot of resources into neighborhoods and communities. We have a very detailed plan about how we want to police the communities to keep everybody safe for the next 10 days, and this really throws a monkey wrench into that plan.”