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Today’s Headlines

Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV Charged With DWI (News, Post, NYT) NYT: Crack Down on Placard Abuse Now Sander Pleas for MTA Funds, Catches Flak from Brodsky (NY1, Metro) Lew Fidler Has a Bone to Pick With Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (News) Queens Councilman Wants Free Parking for Hybrids (Post) MTA Launching Text Message Service Alerts … Continued
  • Assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV Charged With DWI (News, Post, NYT)
  • NYT: Crack Down on Placard Abuse Now
  • Sander Pleas for MTA Funds, Catches Flak from Brodsky (NY1, Metro)
  • Lew Fidler Has a Bone to Pick With Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (News)
  • Queens Councilman Wants Free Parking for Hybrids (Post)
  • MTA Launching Text Message Service Alerts Soon (AMNY)
  • Survey Says New Yorkers Take Climate Change Seriously (City Room)
  • End of Oil Age Within Sight (NYT)
  • Delayed Ruling on Yards Case Deals Setback to Ratner (Bklyn Paper)
  • San Francisco Settles Traffic Death Lawsuit for $21M (SF Gate)
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