Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:48 AM EDT on October 27, 2011
- More on Yesterday’s Rally for Family of Mathieu Lefevre From CBS, Gothamist, Observer
- NYPD Shrugs Off Deadly Hit-and-Run: “That’s Why They Call It an Accident.” (Metro)
- Bus Drivers Plead for Safety as Lhota Previews MTA Board Action (NY1, Post)
- Chris Christie Touts 7 Line Extension; No Funding in Sight (WNYC, Post, 2nd Ave Sagas)
- Livery Driver Suspected in Hit-and-Run Death of Morrisania Pedestrian (NY1)
- Motorcyclist Killed in Hell’s Kitchen Cab Collision (DNAinfo)
- Cuomo Steps Up Inspections of Private Tour Buses (News)
- Bus Company Promises to End Gender Discrimination on B110 (Post)
- Stanford Eyes Roosevelt Island for 1.9 Million Square-Foot Tech Campus (Crain’s, DNAinfo)
- NYU Proposes Urban Studies Lab for MTA’s Jay St. Building (Bklyn Paper)
- High Line Nets $20M Donation for Northward Expansion (NYT)
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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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