Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:40 AM EST on December 8, 2011
- Legislature Approves Cuomo Tax Reform Package (DNA, Bloomberg, NYT)
- Cuomo’s Payroll Tax Deal “Virtually Guaranteed” Suburban State Sens Will Win Reelection (City+State)
- Gov Holds Up Livery Cab Bill, Probably Until Next Year (NYT, News)
- Nicole Gelinas: Tax Deal Glosses Over MTA Labor Cost Crisis (Post)
- Gotham Gazette: TWU Contract Negotiations Present Lhota’s First Test
- MTA More Likely to Shut Service for Storms, Will “Advocate” for Stranded Straphangers (Post, News)
- Cell Phone Bus Tracking System to Debut on Staten Island (NY1)
- Some of Those Perpetually Frozen Subway Escalators Are Privately Owned (News)
- Garbage Truck Driver Kills Williamsburg Pedestrian; “No Crime Suspected” (News, NYT, Patch)
- Watch Speeding Drivers Blow Stop Signs and Salmon Through Residential Blocks in Flushing (NY1)
- Bloomberg Unveils New “Urban Umbrella” Scaffold Design (DNA)
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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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