Tuesday’s Headlines: Active Shooter Edition
A horrific crime in Midtown, but we're fixated with a full slate of other news.
12:01 AM EDT on July 29, 2025
The big news yesterday was the out-of-town gunman driving to the city with his Nevada-licensed assault weapon to kill four people, plus himself, inside a skyscraper.
But we have big news in our pages, too:
- A court cleared the way for the Adams administration to remove a bike lane that it admits is making Bedford Avenue safer.
- And the Adams administration still equates “regulating app delivery companies” with a crackdown on delivery workers.
In other news:
- Federal Transit Administrator-nominee Marc Molinaro offered more sleight of hand than a three-card monty dealer in defending the Trump administration’s depiction of New York City as a crime-ridden death trap, which the Daily News just laps up.
- We were pleased to see that the city will redevelop the old Flushing Airport site in College Point, but adding 3,000 units without any new transit infrastructure? That’s worth asking a lot of questions about — which amNY did not do. (The Post didn’t either in its follow-up.)
- Congestion pricing is working, as Staten Island bus riders well know. (amNY)
- In IBX non-news, we have the New York Times.
- And we also have the Times for its architecture review of “Sesame Street,” which debuted like 400 years ago.
- Blame Connecticut for the Metro-North fare increase. (NY Post)
- Here’s a classic “Now do cars” story, given how many 17-year-olds wreck cars in this state. (NY Post)
- G whizz, repairs will take longer. (NYDN)
- And the MTA is experiencing delays in its signal upgrades. (Gothamist)
- More buses are catching more bad drivers. (amNY)
- As Zohran Mamdani racks up union endorsement, Curtis Sliwa scored a high-profile union threat. (NYDN)
- Fare beating is down. (NY Post)
- A Lower Manhattan community board wants the city to fix Canal Street. (EV Grieve)
- It’s going to be hot again today, which is bad news for our friend Pulaski Bridge:
- And the Red Hook Pool remains closed.
Tabloid legend Gersh Kuntzman has been with New York newspapers since 1989, including stints at the New York Daily News, the Post, the Brooklyn Paper and even a cup of coffee with the Times. He's also the writer and producer of "Murder at the Food Coop," which was a hit at the NYC Fringe Festival in 2016, and “SUV: The Musical” in 2007. He also writes the Cycle of Rage column, which is archived here.
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