Kilo -“clout than the non-English speaking and often non-citizen population of Southeast Queens.”
Clout or no clout -they can’t break the franchise agreement without any consequences. As much as you think this is about race, most people including many Frum Yidden don’t. They realize that this country has endorsed the concept of equal rights and they won’t let people break that even if they claim they are only doing it for religious reasons!
The bus company had the right to say -we aren’t going to comply and we will fight it in Court or start a totally private line.
But they didn’t say that, did they?