Today’s Headlines

8:59 AM EDT on July 12, 2012

Cyclists Crash After Vandal Scatters Tacks in Central Park; NYPD: So What? (Post)
Bloomberg to Motorhead Media: "If We Listen to You, We'd Never Do Anything Ever Again." (Capital)
Taxi and Limousine Commission Expected to Approve Fare Hike Today (NY1)
Cuomo Administration Can't Decide Whether or Not Tappan Zee Is Safe to Drive On (MTR)
Two Off-Duty NYPD Officers Have Been Arrested for DWI Since Sunday (DNA)
DUMBO Businesses Working With DOT on Anchorage Place Pedestrian Plaza (Bklyn Paper)
Safety-Minded Teens the Bronx Helpers Get Some Love From the Daily News
Driver Kills Self by Crashing Into Building in Westchester Square; "No Criminality Suspected" (DNA)
Southampton Police Track Phone Signal to Look for Hit-and-Run Killer, But BAC Evidence Lost (Post)
@danisimons: Cyclist Deaths Are Given Short Shrift by Cops in the 'Burbs, Too (Nyack News)
Terminal Manager Says Shipping Firms Ditching Staten Island Over Bridge Tolls (Advance)
NYC DOT Ads Depicting Stressed-Out, Imperiled Cyclists Won't Help Get Women on Bikes (Velojoy)
Got Opinions About Transit? The MTA Wants You (Transpo Nation)

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