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Thursday’s Headlines: No Fooling Edition

Everything you will read if you click this story is 100 percent true, despite the date on the calendar. So enjoy...

By Streetsblog

12:07 AM EDT on April 1, 2021

Thursday’s Headlines: No Fooling Edition

Everything you will read below is 100 percent true, despite the date on the calendar. So here we go:

President Biden’s infrastructure plan could help finish the Second Avenue subway and the Gateway project (well, we can dream, can’t we?) (NYDN, NY Post)
Wow, this Cuomo story gets worse and worse. Seriously, though, how is the guy still governor? (NY Times). Plus, he’s really pushing this Penn Station real estate deal hard (NYDN).
Progressive mayoral darling Dianne Morales is going to buy a bike. (Via Twitter)
Mayor de Blasio signed an executive order seeking to make the NYPD more diverse. (NY Post, amNY)
After having a bad day earlier this month (when one-time mayoral front-runner Corey Johnson jumped into the comptroller race), candidate Brad Lander had a good day yesterday, as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez endorsed him. (NY Post, NY Times)
Darn, we wish this was true! (NYC Bike Lanes via Twitter)
As the pushback from entitled car owners continues about congestion pricing, remember that we always have Charles Komanoff fighting the good fight. (Lower Manhattan Local News)
Cameras work great on the roads, but not, apparently, in the subway. (Gothamist)
The race to the exits for term-limited lawmakers continues as Queens Council Member Costa Constantinides resigns to help kids (QNS). Constantinides endorsed Tiffany Caban for the job (Gothamist).
Finally, Friend of Streetsblog Annie Weinstock tweeted about a sinkhole in the bike lane on Second Street near Fifth Avenue, so we demanded art — and she went back and photographed it for us.

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