Some New York Metropolis companies are utilizing the viral picture of Kansas Metropolis Chiefs star Travis Kelce screaming at head coach Andy Reid throughout the Tremendous Bowl to push their coverage agendas.
“OUTDOOR DINING TAKES UP LESS THAN .5% OF STREET PARKING IN NEW YORK CITY. PUBLIC SPACE IS FOR EVERYONE, NOT JUST CARS,” posted town Department of Transportation Monday on X, together with a photograph of Kelce jawing on the sidelines at a stone-faced Reid.
Some critics slammed DOT for utilizing the photograph Taylor Swift’s boyfriend barking at his coach to drive residence anti-car insurance policies.
“As a substitute of specializing in filling potholes and putting in pace bumps in a well timed method, the DOT prefers to tweet nonsense that New Yorkers couldn’t care much less about,” fumed Councilman Robert Holden (D-Queens). “The Division of Transportation . . . wants a significant change in management.”
DOT spokesman Nick Benson quipped that he’s “notoriously unhealthy at lip studying, however I feel it’s a protected assumption that Travis Kelce was vociferously expressing his assist for outside eating in New York Metropolis.”
“That, or praising NYC DOT for filling extra potholes, filling them quicker, and putting in 53% extra pace humps in comparison with final fiscal 12 months. Sources inform me that Coach Reid then requested the place he may comply with NYC DOT on social media, and Travis informed him @NYC_DOT,” Benson joked.
Town’s Division of Buildings additionally posted the identical picture of a seething Kelce on X — with an all-caps message concerning the risks of unlawful underground building.
![Traffic in Manhattan](https://nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/02/traffic-street-manhattan-borough-new-73243983.jpg?w=1024)
“STOP EXCAVATING OUT THE FLOORS OF YOUR BASEMENTS WITHOUT ENGINEERED DRAWINGS AND PERMITS,” posted DOB on X, a seeming reference to a gaggle of Orthodox Jews who have been arrested final month for illegally digging a secret tunnel below a Brooklyn synagogue.
“YOU ARE DESTABILIZING THE STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY OF YOUR BUILDING.”