The civil case against the city and maniac driver Richard Rojas — who drove a Honda Accord into a crowd of pedestrians in Times Square in 2017, killing one — should be postponed until his criminal trial concludes, city lawyers argued in new court papers.

Rojas was sued by the six victims of his rampage — which he launched while allegedly high on PCP — and their family in various lawsuits that have since been combined.

The city was also a defendant in the cases over claims that they should have installed barriers along the sidewalks in Times Square to protect pedestrians.

A lawyer representing the city, Nicole Broussard, asked a judge to postpone the case until Rojas’ criminal case for murder charges — which is set to head to trial in Manhattan Criminal court in the fall or winter — concludes.

“The granting of the stay in the instant civil cases would avoid the interference with or prejudice of the criminal prosecution,” Broussard wrote adding a need to protect “sensitive” information in the criminal case among other reasons.

A lawyer for the plaintiffs and their families, Gregory Sobo, told The Post that the victims want to go forward with their case and they will fight the delay.

“The victims have been living with this incident for an extensive period of time already and they want to move forward with this chapter of their life,” Sobo said.

Rojas’s civil lawyer declined to comment.

Michigan tourist Alyssa Elsman, 18, was killed in the attack. She was with her 13-year-old sister at the time. Her father and surviving sister have since joined the lawsuit.