Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:01 AM EDT on September 30, 2009
- U.S. DOT Distracted Driving Summit Starts This Morning: Follow It Here (Fast Lane via Streetsblog.net)
- Comptroller, Public Advocate Primaries: Liu, De Blasio Win Handily; Voters: Yawn (NYT, NYT)
- Bloomberg Courts Drivers With Parking Meter Tech, Ticket Amnesty, Sensitive TEAs (News, News)
- NYPD Ped Killer Andrew Kelly Had Zero BAC Seven Hours Later; Pleads Not Guilty (NYT, News)
- Investigators Pursue Evidence of Crime Scene Cover-Up (Post)
- Cops to Lose Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sidewalk Parking to Ped Plaza; Cue Carmageddon Prediction (News)
- Parking Spot Panhandling Upsets Bronx Motorists; Pedro Espada: Yawn (Post)
- Riverdale Parents Implore DOT to Protect School Kids From Riverdale Parents (R’dale Press)
- TWU Rallies for Raises in Midtown (Post)
- Denmark PM Cycles Central Park, Forgoes Helmet, Marvels at Aggressive Cops (NY Mag)
- Climate Change-Denying U.S. Chamber of Commerce Losing Members (NYT)
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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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