Criticizing this language may seem nitpicky. But the words symbolize the political tensions at the MTA and in the city and state at large — what gets built, who pays for it and, at the end of the day, who is it all for anyway?
Cyclists are angry after one of their own is tackled by a cop. But that's just a symbol of a long-simmering rage at the way bicyclists are treated in this city.