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8:59 AM EST on February 13, 2012

    • Hit-And-Run Driver Kills Staten Island Cyclist Near Wagner College (AdvanceNews)
    • Luis Rosado, Great-Grandfather, Killed By Hit-And-Run Livery Cab Driver in Harlem (News, Post)
    • Dawn Affoumani, 45, Killed By Hit-and-Run Driver While Crossing Bronx Street (Post)
    • Bronx Helpers Get Daily News Attention for Their Slow Zone Bid
    • Parents Request Speed Bumps, Mirrors to Help Them Cross Hicks Street (Bklyn Paper)
    • Queens Reps: Rockaway Branch Should Be Rail, Not Park (News)
    • Tappan Zee Bus Improvements Need Not Wait For Full BRT (Record)
    • Cuomo Would Double Tappan Zee Traffic Capacity, Has No Funding Plan (WSJ)
    • MTA Labor Coalition: With Transit, Tappan Zee Would Create More Jobs (LoHud)
    • Moynihan Station Plans Scaled Back in Response to Potential Cost Overruns (WSJ)
    • Paterson: Nothing in Port Authority Audit Was a Secret (Transpo Nation)
    • Schumer and Israel: New York Depends on Transit, Deserves Same Tax Benefits (News)

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