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.
12:55 AM EDT on May 9, 2025
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:
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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