Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:41 AM EDT on May 31, 2017
- Gelinas: Cuomo’s MTA Legacy Will Be Ever-Rising Fares and Bottomless Debt (Post)
- Cuomo Picks for PANYNJ Board: Construction Union Boss and a Campaign Donor (Politico)
- Amtrak Now Cuomo’s Punching Bag (Voice); Related: Tuesday Morning’s LIRR Commute (NYT)
- Northeast Corridor Service Will Be Scaled Back for Penn Station Work (NYT)
- Jersey Congressional Delegation Urges Trump to Fund Gateway (Politico)
- Ferries Already Just Another Transit Headache (NYT); South Brooklyn Route Launches Today (NY1)
- MTA to Study Staten Island-NJ Transit Light Rail Connection (AP)
- NYPD Is Initiating Fewer Pedestrian Stops (NYT)
- Witnesses Say SI Hit-and-Run Driver Appeared to Have Targeted Victim Anthony Figuerola (Advance)
- People Are Complaining About New Countdown Clocks on the L Line (Gothamist)
- The Times Published a Primer on Biking to Work
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Brad Aaron began writing for Streetsblog in 2007, after years as a reporter, editor, and publisher in the alternative weekly business. Brad adopted New York's dysfunctional traffic justice system as his primary beat for Streetsblog. He lives in Manhattan.
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