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By Brad Aaron

9:02 AM EDT on April 5, 2010

Michael Daly: Move Over Jersey; New York Is the New Cesspool of Political Corruption
MTA Offers $20K Payoffs to Trim Payroll (News)
Do Proposed NJ Transit Cuts Adhere to Civil Rights Laws? TSTC Investigates (MTR)
Upper East Side Intersections Lead City in Bus Crashes (Post)
Straphangers Finds Subway Service Announcements Improved, But Still Lacking (News, Post)
More Fun With GPS Data: East Village Tops Inwood in Yellow Cab Hails 554,000 to 860 (NYT)
David Yassky Takes Reins at TLC (City Room); Steve Cuozzo Will Be Watching
DOE Nets 1,000 New Teacher Placards Despite Dramatic Drop in Overall Issues (AMNY)
Times Profile Puts Parking Tickets at the Center of Bronx Merchants’ Struggle
Gridlock Sam on Avoiding Traffic Citations: Know the Law, and Follow It (News)

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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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