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By Brad Aaron

9:04 AM EST on March 10, 2010

Can the Unions Upend Albany? (Daily Politics)
News Names 24 Shameless Lawmakers Who Blasted MTA on Student MetroCards, Including …
… Jeff Klein, Now Backing Bid to Exempt Private Schools From Transit Tax (Times Union)
Shuffling the Deck Chairs: Walder Considers More Changes to Bus Cuts (News, Post)
Schumer Nets Stim Cash for 2nd Ave Subway, Station Rehabs, East Side Access (SAS, Bklyn Eagle)
School Bus Drivers Vote to Strike Over Health Care Bennies (NY1)
City to Take Control of Brooklyn Bridge Park, Governors Island (City Hall)
Speeding Drivers Are the Biggest Problem on Brooklyn’s Fourth Ave (Bklyn Paper)
De Blasio Drafts Bill to Improve NYPD Oversight (AMNY)
Detectives Don’t See Why They Can’t Park Wherever They Want (Post via Gothamist)

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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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