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Today’s Headlines

8:56 AM EDT on July 22, 2011

    • Jay Walder Leaves MTA For Hong Kong (NYT, News, Post, WSJ, Crain's, NY1, Transpo Nation 1, 2)
    • Picking Walder's Replacement Will Be Pivotal Choice for Cuomo (Newsday)
    • News, Post Editorials Praise Walder, Call For Cuomo to Find Able Successor
    • Ben Kabak Takes the Prize for Best Walder Headline
    • Greg Mocker Can't Decide Whether to Sputter About Walder Staying or Going (WPIX)
    • Hit-And-Run Driver Leaves Harlem Man With Critical Head Injuries (DNAinfo)
    • Driver Leaves Child Cyclist Near Dead on Upper East Side; NYPD: "No Criminality Suspected" (DNAinfo)
    • Tix Fix Scandal Could Lead to Racketeering Charges Against Police Union (DNAinfo)
    • Heat Fries Subway Countdown Clocks (News)
    • UWSers Want DOT to Go Further on Riverside Blvd Traffic Calming, But Ask for Traffic Light (DNAinfo)
    • Dyckman Street Station to Be Handicapped-Accessible As Part of Lawsuit Settlement (News)
    • Until "Taxi of Tomorrow" Appears, Ford Transit Connect Has TLC Approval (NYT)

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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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