Today’s Headlines
“Albany to NYC: Drop Dead” (NYT, Post, Newsday, News, NY1, Bklyn Eagle, Sun) Lawmakers: Bloomberg Doesn’t Get It (NYT, Post) Quinn: City Council Did Its Job (Daily Politics) NYT: Sheldon Silver ‘Unworthy of His Office’ Daily News Slams Silver and Dems With Three Columns Another News Columnist Lauds Jeffrey Dinowitz as a ‘Voice in the … Continued
By
Brad Aaron
8:51 AM EDT on April 8, 2008
- “Albany to NYC: Drop Dead” (NYT, Post, Newsday, News, NY1, Bklyn Eagle, Sun)
- Lawmakers: Bloomberg Doesn’t Get It (NYT, Post)
- Quinn: City Council Did Its Job (Daily Politics)
- NYT: Sheldon Silver ‘Unworthy of His Office’
- Daily News Slams Silver and Dems With Three Columns
- Another News Columnist Lauds Jeffrey Dinowitz as a ‘Voice in the Wilderness’
- Weiner and Markowitz Toss in Their Two Cents (Politicker)
- Russianoff: MTA Capital Plan Now ‘More Hole Than Program’ (Metro)
- Bloomberg: ‘We Will Move Forward’ With PlaNYC Agenda (Sun)
- Advocates Look for Changes Within City’s Control (The Real Estate)
- Designers Plan for Widening New York Waistlines (NYT)
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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