Monday’s MLK Day Headlines
We are taking today off to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and watch a congestion pricing foe become president.
12:01 AM EST on January 20, 2025
We are taking today off to honor Martin Luther King Jr. and, alas, to watch the inauguration of a Florida man and congestion pricing foe to the highest office in the land.
We will be back tomorrow with a full news digest from a surprisingly busy weekend, but here are a few good long reads we’ve posted recently to keep you going today if you have some down time:
- Kevin Duggan got a hold of a questionable Department of Transportation report on daylighting at roughly the same time as Gothamist. But our friends at the WNYC-owned website basically printed what the DOT wanted, while Duggan provided crucial context to why the DOT is throwing cold water on a crucial parking ban just as a City Council bill is gaining momentum. He also revealed serious flaws in the report. Your move, Gothamist.
- Our rookie-of-the-year reporter Sophia Lebowitz interviewed bus drivers about how congestion pricing is making their lives better.
- I wrote a nice obituary of one of America’s greatest men of letters, Larry Penner, who was laid to rest yesterday.
- And in case you missed it, Kea Wilson covered the confirmation hearing of future U.S. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy. We haven’t seen this many softballs since the junior USA cup.
- Here’s a nice MLK message from our heroic transit workers.
- Finally, I’m sick of the fake “law-and-order” crowd on Staten Island that only cares about rules that they like.
Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is archived here.
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