Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on January 5, 2012
- More on Cuomo’s State of the State: NYT 1, 2, GoGa, Crain’s, WNYC
- Experts Respond to “Transit”-Free Infrastructure Plan (Transpo Nation)
- Aqueduct Mega-Convention Center to Have a Transit Component (News)
- Safely Ensconced in Hong Kong, Jay Walder Points to the Sorry State of MTA Financing (NYT)
- TWU Contract Talks Delayed, Expected to Proceed Without Strike Threat (WNYC, NY1)
- City Council Passes Bill Requiring New Features for DOT Street Condition Map (NY1)
- DOT Says UES Section of East River Esplanade Will Reopen Soon (DNA)
- Scott Stringer Holds Recruitment Event to Lure Younger Community Board Applicants (NY1)
- NYPD Chases Down Driver Who Hit Bronx Pedestrian (NY1)
- Family of Motorcyclist Killed in Manhattan Hit-and-Run Dumbfounded by 60-Day Sentence (Post)
- The BQE Brings Misery to Drivers and Non-Drivers Alike (NYT)
- A Tradition in the Making: Excellent Fantasy New Year’s Resolutions From Tri-State
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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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