Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:06 AM EST on January 14, 2010
- Times Has More on Obama Admin’s Sustainable Transpo Initiative
- Say It Ain’t So, Pedro: Cuomo Filing Alleges Espada Fraud, Graft (NYT, Post, News, NY1)
- Paterson Promises Veto of Weak Albany Ethics Package (NYT, Crain’s)
- Markowitz Unashamed of Using Lights and Sirens En Route to Press Conference (Post, Daily Politics)
- NYPD Set Record for Civilian Complaints Last Year (WNYC)
- MTA Hire Will Oversee New MetroCard Transition; D-Day Jostling Continues (Post)
- New Council Mem, Weiner Award Hopeful Steve Levin Trots Out “Transparency” Nugget (NY1)
- Senate Wannabe Harold Ford Prefers Copters and Cabs, Says Subway Will Do in a Pinch (Kos)
- How Tired Is Woodhaven of Out-of-State Parking Parasites? Check Out This Pic (News)
- New York, Connecticut Picked for Fed-Supported DWD Enforcement Study (WNYC)
- Safety Guru Leonard Evans: Distracting Auto Tech “Worse Than a Six-Pack in the Front Seat” (AOL)
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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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