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Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on June 19, 2012

    • Adrian Benepe Stepping Down as Parks Commissioner (NYT)
    • Cuomo Strikes Labor Deal for Dynamically-Financed Transit-Free Tappan Zee (Crain's)
    • Lhota Post Column Details MTA Cost-Cutting, Exhorts TWU to Share the Pain
    • Staten Island Reps, Advance Say Port Authority Is Hiding Toll Study Results
    • Cab Driver Runs Light, Flips School Bus in Briarwood; 7 Injured; No Charges (NY1, DNA, Post, News)
    • People Who Bought Condos Next to Long Island City Railyard Complaining About Train Noise (DNA)
    • On This Day in History, Sunset Park Alternate Side Reduced to Two Days a Week (DNA)
    • SF Cyclist Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter for Killing Elderly Pedestrian (Transpo Nation)
    • Town in Washington State Cans Unenforced Helmet Law Over Fears of Liability (NYT)
    • Survey Finds Capital Bikeshare Spurred Trips While Saving Five Million Driving Miles (Transpo Nation)
    • Gothamist Examines the Bike-Share Terror Threat
    • Criminal Prosecutions Just Another Day at the Office for New York Pols (WNYC)

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Brad Aaron
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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