Exclusive | Inside the quirky pink bus spotted all over NYC, as its loudly dressed owner runs for office on Party Party line

A bright pink school bus covered in stickers has become a common scene on the streets of New York City — with partiers dancing on its handmade bamboo rooftop.“Hello, we’ve got some celebrities here we are passing through!” Glinda the Good Bus’ loudly dressed owner Michelle Joni Lapidos said as The Post rode tagged along through Manhattan with some college-aged curiosity seekers.Self-described “social savant” Lapidos brainstormed the bus in 2019 and has been zipping bridal parties, birthday celebrations and more throughout the city since — but this year is bringing the bus back to its roots as a campaign trolley.Lapidos is trying to launch the aptly-named “Party Party” line in a longshot bid for Brooklyn borough president, a job she said will help her “bring the New York spirit back.”“I truly see people right for their magic and I want to activate that and people,” Lapidos told The Post.“Radical inclusion — I want everyone to win.

We can all win.We have a society built around competition and divisiveness, and the ‘Party Party’ offers the viewpoint that we can all win.”Dressed in a blue flight attendant suitdress and red pilot cap, and flanked by her two co-pilots, Lapidos scooped up a party of the New School graduate students while blasting “Empire State of Mind” — and Lapidos played karaoke with the vehicle’s sound system.

While the group dined and drank on the couches on the bus’ roof, co-pilot Addison Dreher tossed out glitter, stickers, bubbles, party hats and more.Whenever the bus slowed down, co-pilot Luna März danced in the open doorway of the bus and encouraged rush hour passersby to join in on the party.“It’s very much that feeling of people being taken out of their element of like, ‘Oh, what that!’ I don’t know if I’m addicted to it for personal reasons, but it’s needed and people are ready,” Lapidos said.This spring marks a return to form for Glinda the Good Bus, which is named in honor of ...