Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:08 AM EDT on May 20, 2010
- LaHood in NYC: Tolls Could Pay for Transpo Bill, But Only on New Asphalt (Transportation Nation)
- TSTC: Manhattan and Brooklyn Most Dangerous for Senior Pedestrians (MTR, Post)
- Cyclist in Horrifying Union Square Crash Identified as 36-Year-Old Pilar Ortiz (Gothamist)
- Times, Crain’s, WNYC Cover Robert Lieber Resignation
- Neglecting State Parks Could Cost More Than Keeping Them Open (WNYC)
- State Senate Accuses State DOT of Fiscal Waste (MTR)
- MTA Won’t Renew Contract With Goldman Sachs (City Room)
- Mobbed-Up Sub Axed From East Side Access (NYT); Kabak: Low-Bid Mandate to Blame
- SI GOP Nominates Ex-Rep, Convicted Drunk Driver Vito Fossella for Former Seat (Advance, News)
- Markowitz Releases Plan for Revamped “Brooklyn Boulevard,” a.k.a. Fourth Avenue (Eagle)
- As Promised, City Health Commish Thomas Farley Now Biking to the Office (News)
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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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