Today’s Headlines

9:00 AM EDT on August 24, 2012

MTA Warns of Devastating Service Cuts If Payroll Mobility Tax Dies (Post, CapNY)
Bloomberg Sarcastically Suggests Congestion Pricing as Alternative (CapNY)
Lhota to County Execs: Suburban Commuters Get Biggest Subsidy of All (TransNat)
Court's Decision Is Boost for Suburban GOP Legislators (CapTon)
Victim of Financial District Security Overkill ID'd as Sorel Depas-Medina (News, Post)
Daily News Bike Demonization Continues; Central Park Mulls Separation from Pedestrians
Moped Rider Allegedly Struck By NYPD in Clinton Hill; Hospitalized With Head Trauma (Gothamist)
34th Street Crosstown Bus Trips 10 Percent Faster? DNAinfo Is Not Impressed
SBS on Hylan Boulevard Starts September 2; Riders Will Get Additional Free Transfer (SI Advance)
Work Will Resume Monday After Second Avenue Subway Explosion (SAS, WSJ, NY1)
Bloomberg Bets Future of Boro Taxi Plan on Courts, Not Legislature (Post)

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