Today’s Headlines
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By
Noah Kazis
8:53 AM EDT on August 31, 2011
- Irene to Prove One of 10 Costliest Disasters in U.S. History (NYT)
- Transit System Chugs Back to Life, But Some Suburban Lines Still Closed (NYT)
- Chris Ward Blasts Low Toll Hike: “You Cannot Always Do More With Less” (News, Post)
- Walder Defies Cuomo By Speaking at Bloomberg Hurricane Briefing (City Hall News)
- 60 MPH Hit-And-Run Crash Leaves Manhattan Woman in Coma (News)
- 29-Year-Old Cyclist Killed After Falling Into Traffic Near Debris (News)
- MTA Agrees to Tone Down Oversized, Sidewalk-Hogging Bollards Near Atlantic Terminal (Bklyn Paper)
- Bike-Sharing Will Be Ideal for Students, Especially If It Doesn’t Clog Sidewalks (Yeshiva Observer)
- Fashion Week Eliminates 11 Blocks of Street Parking Near Lincoln Center for Six Weeks (DNAinfo)
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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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