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Anthony Weiner Apparently Vehemently Opposed to Bike Lanes

By Mike Vilensky

“When I become mayor, you know what I’m going to spend my first year doing? I’m going to have a bunch of ribbon-cuttings tearing out your fucking bike lanes.” —Congressman Anthony Weiner to frenemy Mayor Bloomberg, during a recent dinner at which beef was served, in their few minutes of cordial man-to-man conversation. [NYT via Gothamist]

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