Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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By Brad Aaron

10:39 AM EDT on September 29, 2009

Sorry for the delay, folks. We’re having technical difficulties this morning.

Media Try to Rouse Interest in Today’s Runoffs (Post, News, NYT)
12-Year-Old Brooklyn Girl Critically Injured by Hit-and-Run Driver (Post, NY1)
Drunk Off-Duty Cop Kills Brooklyn Pedestrian, Charged With Manslaughter (NYT, Post, Post)
Driver, Second Officer Suspended (NY1, NYT); DWI Evidence May Be Botched (News 1, 2)
Officer in Charge of NYPD Parking Crackdown Busted for Placard Abuse (Post)
Robert Sullivan: Time to Bring Multi-Modalism Back to the Brooklyn Bridge (NYT)
Is the MTA Coming Around on Data Sharing? (NYT)
Capital Plan Includes Support for Long Island TOD (MTR)
Manhattan BID Proposes Revamp of Traffic-Choked Greenwich South (City Room)
Developer Wants More Parking to Offset Building Costs; Bronx CB Balks (R’dale Press)
National Park Service Favors Auto Traffic to Recreation (GGW via Streetsblog.net)

More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill

Brad Aaron

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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