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Today’s Headlines

9:05 AM EDT on June 1, 2011

    • Dov Hikind: DOT to Rip Out Borough Park Ped Refuges; Marcia Kramer Crows
    • Chinatown Bus Crash Kills Four, Spurs Further Calls for Regulation (TransNat, NYT)
    • Newsday Editorial: Albany and Washington Must Focus on Pedestrian Safety
    • City Targets Vehicle Registrations in Latest Attempt to Collect on Parking Tickets (News)
    • Transit Access and Transit Hub Tax Credits Lure Panasonic HQ to Newark (NPR)
    • Christie Rides State Copter to Little League Game, Reignites Perennial NJ Issue (WSJ)
    • NYC's Structurally Deficient Bridges Down From 74 to 4 (News)
    • Cop's DWI Would Have Been Fixed If He Hadn't Resisted Arrest (News)
    • Defunct Parking Authorities Could Be Axed Under Reform Proposal (CapTon)
    • Long Island State Senator Launches Payroll Tax Repeal Website (LoHud)
    • MTA Catches Bus Manager Steering Inflated Contracts to Nephew's Firm (Post)
    • Data Visualizations Compare NYC Density to Mumbai and Istanbul (WSJ)

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Noah Kazis
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox. Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.

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