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8:57 AM EST on January 16, 2012

    • Delancey Claims Another Life: Driver Kills 12-Year-Old Dashane Santana (Gothamist, Post)
    • Squadron, Stringer, Chin: City Must Do More to Prevent Next Delancey Street Death (Gothamist, DNA)
    • SUV Driver Crashes, Flips Onto Sidewalk on Linden Boulevard (News)
    • Meanwhile, the Post Hails NYPD for Ticketing "Crazy Cyclists"
    • TWU Now Working Without a Contract; Samuelsen Trains Fire on Cuomo (News, NY1)
    • MTR: Bloomberg Was a Champ Last Week; Joan McDonald a Chump
    • Markowitz Aide Carlo Scissura Has a Record-Setting War Chest for 2013 Beep Bid (Post)
    • The Times Asks: Will Expanding Waistlines Ruin Transit?
    • Billboard Bedlam! Ad Edifice Collapses Onto BQE, Causing Massive Traffic Jam (DNA, News, Gothamist)
    • NYPD Too Ineffective to Stop Illegal Parking on Baltic Street Sidewalk (Bklyn Spoke)

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