Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on June 9, 2011
- One Death Every 35 Hours Is News to DNAinfo, TransNat, Crain’s, and NY1
- Absentee New York Times Assigns Two Reporters to Sorry State of Local Coverage
- Harlem Residents Demand Action to Tame Some of City’s Deadliest Streets (DNAinfo, News)
- Prospect Park West Fight a Real Watershed Moment for Anonymous Blog Commenters (PS Patch)
- West Side Spirit Files a Nice Piece on the Central Park Shared-Use Proposal
- Williamsburg Bridge Path to Be Closed for Six Weeks; Bklyn Paper Predicts Crumb War
- Accused DWI Hit-and-Run Killer Indicted in Staten Island Motorist Death (AP)
- Queens Community Board Chair, Random Man-on-the-Street Skeptical of New Ferry Service (News)
- High Rise Rentals, Hundreds of New Parking Spots Coming to Coney Island Boardwalk (Post)
- Nate Silver: Dems Could Drop Weiner Through Redistricting
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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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