Welcome to BSA’s Images of the Week!

Welcome to BSA Images of the Week, to Spring, to the land of Hype and Hustle!

Down in D.C., it’s all smoke, mirrors, and sharp elbows. There’s a full-blown constitutional cage match brewing over deportation flights—judges say no, the President says yes, and now he wants the judge impeached. Meanwhile, Trump just yanked security clearances from a list of political enemies longer than a CVS receipt. And don’t worry about that secret Pentagon huddle with Elon Musk—apparently, it wasn’t about China. We all feel reassured, like the stock market last week.

Also on the mic: Bernie and AOC are hitting the road with an “Anti-Oligarchy Tour.” Get your T-shirt here. Not to be outdone, the new billionaire Commerce Secretary says seniors missing Social Security checks wouldn’t be a big deal. Because, of course, he does.

Back home in NYC, there’s a heavier police presence—more beat cops on the sidewalks, more boots on subway platforms, or at least it feels that way. Some say it’s about safety; others say it’s panic. And let’s be real: it often appears that this city still has no idea what to do with our mentally ill neighbors except push them outside and act shocked when they behave like they’re… mentally ill.

New polls say Mayor Adams is trailing Cuomo in the fall race, but honestly? Nobody’s exactly throwing block parties for either of them. There’s a leadership vacuum—and everyday people are concerned about who will fill it.

But hope blooms in strange places. Like the number 1 train, where Miguel “Mike Plants” Andrade—aka The Plant Man—has been selling succulents and orchids to passengers, leading us to;
A. We’ve always liked the word ‘succulent’ and are happy to use it in a sentence, and
B. Mr. Andrade proves that one human doing their thing with a heart can shift the whole mood, reframe your current situation.

And in street art and graffiti? The walls are still talking—shouting, whispering, reflecting us back at ourselves with a sometimes banal, sometimes beguiling presentation. If the overall message feels messy, it’s because the world is messy. But often there’s clarity in the chaos if you squint at it in the right manner.

We continue with our interviews with the street, this week including Faile, Judith Supine, City Kitty, Lexi Bella, Werds, Turtle Caps, Zoot, Corn Queen, Klonism, Zero Productivity, Muska, Nice, Badlucao, LYFR, and Barb Tropolis.

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