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Around and a Roundy: The Mayor’s Transportation Panel is Dominated by Cars
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Editorial cartoonist Bill Roundy thinks cars will speak too loudly on the mayor's "recovery" task force.
Monday’s Headlines: The Times is Printing Pornography!
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The NY Times's Sunday piece on the joy of driving in pandemic New York might be the worst form of car porn since Ford v. Ferrari. Plus the rest of the weekends news.
VIDEO: Open Streets Are Letting Kids Be Kids Again
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People are seeing how life is so much better when cars are banished from neighborhood streets and kids can just ... play (which reminds us of a song!).
Friday’s Headlines: It’s Raining Cars and Dogs Edition
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You know the carpocalypse is coming when even the Weather Channel is covering how people will drive more once the coronavirus lockdowns end. That, plus the rest of the day's news.
Cartoon: The NYPD's Racially Biased COVID-19 Enforcement Scandal
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City officials keep denying that NYPD officers are systematically carrying out social distancing enforcement in a racially biased manner, but our editorial cartoonist isn't buying it.
Wednesday’s Headlines: How About a Little Slack for DOT Edition
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Look, let's acknowledge that these are tough times for city workers, and we should give them a break. OK, break's over. Now, to the mostly terrible news from yesterday...
Tuesday’s Headlines: ‘Idol’ Threats Edition
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Yesterday, budget stories were breaking like fragile self-images at a high school dance. That plus all the other news.
A Round and a Roundy: The Real Plague is MTA Cruelty
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Gov. Cuomo and the MTA said they were closing the subways between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. because the trains needed to be disinfected — but our cartoonist knows better.
Monday’s Headlines: Keep Calm and Remain on ‘Pause’ Edition
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To the surprise of no one, Gov. Cuomo extended the stay-at-home order through June 7, which means another four weeks of this interminable — and all-too-necessary — sorrow. Plus all the other news.
Friday’s Headlines: Racial Bias of NYPD Revealed Again Edition
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It's "Stop and Frisk" — corona version. That and other stories are just one click away.
Thursday’s Headlines: A Second-Day of History Edition
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The historic subway shutdown on Wednesday morning missed most of the newspaper print deadlines, so we're going to offer a rundown of the best coverage we saw — plus other news.
Wednesday’s Headlines: Show of Farce Edition
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The city deployed 1,000 cops across the subway system early this morning to enforce the governor's historic 1 am. to 5 a.m. shutdown. Plus all the other news.