On Wednesday, right-minded outlets (amNY<\/a>, NY1<\/a>, Secret NY<\/a>), covered the news fairly, but the Post\u2019s social media team<\/a> worked overtime to find the right way suggest that faster buses aren\u2019t worth bothering about. Really? \u201cFaster\u201d in ironic quotes? (The headline on the story in question was even worse: \u201cDrivers slam Mamdani\u2019s \u2018crazy\u2019 plan to kick cars off major NYC street.\u201d Rupert, you should know better \u2014\u00a0that\u2019s strictly .)<\/p>\n Streetsblog obviously played the event perfectly, retweeting its own video from March<\/a> featuring a Bronx resident named Parker who was sick and tired of slow buses:<\/p>\n The DOT did its own video, but our antiquated CMS can\u2019t handle Instagram Reels. So click here to see it<\/a>.<\/p>\n In other news:<\/p>\n E-bike sales in New Jersey are crashing, thanks to heavy-handed and poorly thought-out legislation in the Garden State that did nothing to crack down on the real problem: illegal, high-speed vehicles. (NJ.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n Speaking of bikes, Gothamist<\/a> followed our story<\/a> about how Citi Bike rides are too damn expensive.<\/p>\n Publicly owned private spaces are increasingly a scam. (PIX11<\/a>)<\/p>\n There was an awful crash in Boro Park that involved cops. (PIX11<\/a>, Patch<\/a>)<\/p>\n If a tree falls in global warming and the politicians don\u2019t care, did it even make a sound? (Gothamist<\/a>)<\/p>\n The West Side Rag<\/a> spotted a \u201cbeautiful\u201d bike rack.<\/p>\n The good news is that Puppetworks, the venerable marionette theater that is being evicted from its decades-old Park Slope location will reopen in September in Industry City, Gothamist reported<\/a>. The bad news? The grand re-opening production is \u201cHansel and Gretel,\u201d which once prompted one of the greatest takedowns ever from puppetry critic Thurston Dooley III in The Brooklyn Paper<\/a>. The headline \u2014\u00a0\u201cHansel and Regretal\u201d \u2014 kinda tells it all.<\/p>\n A car driver drove into a building in a crash in Boerum Hill. (News12<\/a>)<\/p>\n Meanwhile, a Long Island man got a 25-year sentence for a drunken crash that happened to kill an NYPD cop. (NYDN<\/a>, NY Post<\/a>)<\/p>\n Mayor Mamdani is stating the obvious: Upstate New York is lovely this time of year. Have a great vacation, mayor. (NYDN<\/a>)<\/p>\n Hey, WMSBG, this is not an \u201caccident.\u201d It is a driver operating a vehicle willfully recklessly:<\/p>\n Bad news for the mayor\u2019s supposed crackdown on online sales of illegal e-motos. You can still get a 1,200-watt death machine<\/a> or the same illegal vehicle that Gabriel Nacato was riding for $200<\/a> on Facebook. Somebody needs to subpoena Mark Zuckerberg.<\/p>\n And, finally, Council members, they\u2019re just like US! Here\u2019s Council Member Chris Marte (D-Chinatown) showing off the best way to get around his district:<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/chris-marte-on-a-citi-bike.jpg\")
Peace be with you, too, Councilman. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman
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