Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on April 27, 2012
- Feds Won’t Rule Out Transit-Free Tappan Zee Loan; Schumer, Gillibrand: Fingers Crossed (LoHud)
- Ward: To Keep New York Working, Top Priority of Next Mayor “Has to Be the MTA” (Capital)
- Gridlock Sam and Brian Lehrer Wonder If Cuomo Understands Toll Proposal (Transpo Nation)
- Ratner Again Delays Review of Atlantic Yards Transportation Plan (AYR)
- Family and Friends Mourn Mike Rogalle, Killed By Driver Held Blameless By NYPD (DNA)
- Group Behind 14th Street Ped Plaza Seeking Proposals for Open-Air Food Market (DNA)
- MTA Counting on Vendor to Maintain Massive East Side Access Escalator System (WSJ)
- Markowitz Chief of Staff Scissura Chooses Chamber of Commerce Over Race for Beep (Bklyn Paper)
- Staten Island DA Dan Donovan Launches New Probe Into Working Families Party (Crain’s)
- Adios, Amigo: Kickback King Carl Kruger Sentenced to Seven Years (NYT)
- Laugh Track the Only Thing Missing From This Beverly Hills NUMBY Reel (Streetsblog LA)
- New York City Bike Thieves Have Zero Fear (Post)
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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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