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Friday’s Headlines: Habemus Knicksum Edition

It was a big day yesterday, but we're not on the sports or the religion desk, so let's get to our news.

Lots to celebrate.

All of New York was going gaga for the Knicks and the first American pope yesterday — and sometimes both at the same time.

But we're not on the sports or the religion desk, so let's get to our news:

  • The latest outlet to cover the NYPD's criminalization of minor traffic infractions committed by cyclists is Leg Day, which featured our own Kevin Duggan.
  • Gothamist followed our scoop that the Adams administration was once again playing politics with a street safety project, this time in Sunset Park.
  • Speaking of politics and street safety, there's a Council candidate from Brooklyn who is running against a bike lane. (Gothamist)
  • The Washington Post got to the heart of the issue of car-dependence in America: housing costs.
  • Cops arrested the driver who, they say, killed a beloved Bronx football coach. (NYDN)
  • Speed cameras are coming to bridge and tunnels, Gothamist reported, but the Post said it's just a money grab.
  • Well, that money at least goes for something: A train service to the Rockaways will be restored on May 19. (amNY)
  • More cuts are coming to the front office at Amtrak, the national public rail service that car manufacturer Elon Musk says should be privatized. (Reuters)
  • Of course, if you're Amtrak, a payroll scam doesn't look very good right now. (NY Post)
  • We liked Jena Friedman's recent "Shouts and Murmurs" contribution in The New Yorker, where she joked that under President Trump, a Customs form for American citizens hoping to re-enter the country might ask, "While abroad, did you participate in any activities that might be considered seditious, such as: A bike ride in a dynamic city with clean air and a functioning infrastructure?" Seditious, indeed.
  • New York City was expecting a tourism boom ... and then came the election of Donald Trump. (NY Times)
  • Speaking of President Trump, he's both anti-bike and anti-gay:

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