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New Deputy Mayor for Operations Julia Kerson spoke truth to ineptitude at a press conference yesterday, accusing the former Adams administration of “interference” with bus lane projects, including one on Madison Avenue that new Mayor Mamdani has restarted along with his Department of Transportation Commissioner Mike Flynn,

These have been heady days for the new administration, what with Streetsblog’s Mamdani-O-Meter only being reset once (for a police sting at a cycling path that the mayor had just fixed!).

But the meter is back into positive numbers, so let’s roll it out:

Another three days since his last disappointment.

Here’s that story and the rest of today’s news:

  • The MTA is Finally Checking Fares Without Stopping Buses
    by Dave Colon
    May 21, 2026
    MTA fare enforcement “EAGLE teams” will trial fare inspections on moving buses instead of holding up riders, officials said.
  • State Police Went AWOL During City Patrols — And Supervisor Had No Idea
    by Sammy Sussman
    May 21, 2026
    Troopers based in NYC routinely blew off their duties to chill, sleep with their girlfriends and, in one notorious case, drive to a strip club in New Jersey, get drunk and get arrested for assault, Streetsblog has learned.
  • Thursday’s Headlines: Our Big Party Edition
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    May 21, 2026
    It’s time to celebrate Streetsblog’s 20th anniversary. Plus other news.
  • Exclusive: Wider Bike Lane Coming This Spring To Sixth Ave. in Manhattan
    by Gersh Kuntzman
    May 20, 2026
    The project had been announced under Mayor Eric Adams, but never implemented.
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