Friday’s Headlines: Go New York Go New York Go Edition
Game 2 of the NBA Finals will give New Yorkers a chance to do what they do best: Enjoy the best basketball team in the world right now and do so in public.
So let’s open today’s headlines with a few pics from social media of the kind of joy New Yorkers will be experiencing tonight as they flock to the streets:
And don’t forget the only good use for a parking space:
Go Knicks. Go public space. (But let’s keep it above board, OK? Let’s not furnish our enemies with ammunition.)
In other news:
- Speaking of the Knicks, here’s a real Prince of the City Game, per the great Katie Honan. (The City Reporter)
- How are you going to get to the World Cup? The Times and amNY have you covered.
- Meanwhile, Curbed hopes that all the World Cup freight and car restrictions are a glimpse at a New York of the future.
- An FDNY driver slammed into an e-bike rider on the Rock. (Advance)
- Curbed took a deep dive on Waymo, as the company can no longer test in New York.
- Wimpy coverage of the Grand Army Plaza redesign from the BK Reader.
- The Post hates the environment so much that it’s siding with Big Tech over Gov. Hochul’s simple pause on water- and power-hungry data centers.
- Absolutely awful coverage from a suburban newspaper about a girl who was run down and killed by a Hummer driver as she wrote her bike. Come on, people. (Lohud)
- So check out this selfish, reckless cabbie smash into another driver and an MTA bus. Naturally, we ran his plate and learned he has 14 camera-issued tickets for speeding and running reds, plus 15 bus lane violations (we reached out to the Taxi and Limousine Commissioner with a standard, “WTF? Are you regulating this guy or what?” but the agency needed another day to get back to us):
Read More:
Streetsblog has migrated to a new comment system. New commenters can register directly in the comments section of any article. Returning commenters: your previous comments and display name have been preserved, but you'll need to reclaim your account by clicking "Forgot your password?" on the sign-in form, entering your email, and following the verification link to set a new password — this is required because passwords could not be carried over during the migration. For questions, contact tips@streetsblog.org.
