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TGIF and welcome to the Friday newsletter!

Today’s top story from Sophia Lebowitz exposes how food-delivery app HungryPanda pressured workers to make dangerous bike deliveries during last month’s blizzard, according to deliverymen who accused the company of dispatching them to closed businesses — then not paying them accordingly.

Plus: Two ways the NYPD disappointed us this week — the real impact of placard corruption AND victim-blaming a child for their death.

Read all that and more in the links below.

  • Opinion: Common Ground For Street Safety
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    June 6, 2026
    Our op-ed writer believes that pro-cycling forces and anti-e-bike advocates can be allies on some basic safety measures.
  • MYTHS BUSTED: Five Lies From This Week’s Community Board Meetings
    by David Meyer
    June 5, 2026
    Streetsblog runs down and corrects five street safety myths heard this week on the community board circuit.
  • Big Mack Attack! Nassau County’s MTA Board Member Quits After Rejection By State Senate
    by The Editorial Team
    June 5, 2026
    Nassau County will be voiceless on the MTA board after the state Senate decided it was tired of David Mack’s act.
  • Hochul Budget Deal Gives $175M Speed Boost To 125th St. Subway Expansion
    by Dave Colon
    June 5, 2026
    The one-off legislative tweak will let the MTA keep its tunnel boring machine underground between subway expansion phases.
  • Friday Videos: The Global Bikelash
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    June 5, 2026
    Across the globe, bike lanes are at the center of the culture war. Let’s take a breath and take stock.
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