Thursday’s Headlines: Just the News Edition

Streetsblog Editor-in-Chief Gersh Kuntzman is away, it’s hot and humid, tomorrow’s a holiday and there’s plenty of news for you to read on Streetsblog this morning — from a horrific and confusing incident in Central Park to the latest “Vision Zero” data spin out of City Hall.

So let’s get right to the headlines:

• DMV examiners allegedly gave out licenses for cash bribes. (amNY, Daily News)
• State legislators last month passed a bill requiring two-person subway operation, a major win for labor. Will Gov. Hochul sign? (Crain’s)
• Former amNY transit scribe Ben Brachfeld talked free buses with skeptical bus riders for Curbed.
• The Times dove into the American love affair with tiny Japanese cars.
• A “multi-bus” crash temporarily closed the Port Authority Bus Terminal on Wednesday. (NBC New York, NY Post)
• The media largely covered Monday’s Central Park crash as a crime-by-cyclist, despite murky details (West Side Rag, Daily News)
• A top aide to Gov. Hochul has been suspended for sexual harassment. (NY Times)
• Two new elevators opened at the 66th Street-Lincoln Center 1 train station. (West Side Rag)
• Transportation companies drove outside spending in this year’s City Council primaries. (The City)
• The rezoning of Midtown South is almost a done deal. (The City)
• Someone is still polling Andrew Cuomo for mayor. (NY Post)