Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on August 27, 2012
- Cuomo Calls for Lopez Resignation; Prior Harassment Claims Quieted by Shelly Silver (NYT 1, 2)
- Jason Tavarez Struck and Killed in Longwood; Driver Charged With Manslaughter, DWI (DNA)
- Unnamed Pedestrians Killed Trying to Cross Grand Central Parkway (DNA) and FDR (Post)
- Advance: Dedicated Lanes for Hylan Boulevard Select Bus Are a Symbol of Unfair Transpo Policy
- City Council Bill Would Require NYPD to Report Fare-Beating Stats (Advance)
- Passengers Stranded for Hours When Computer Malfunction Stalls JFK Trains (NYT)
- Ian Dutton to Propose Separated Bergen Street Bike Lane to Community Boards (Bklyn Paper)
- Gravel Surface and Speed Bumps Keep Cyclists Off Brooklyn Bridge Park Bike Path (Post)
- Shocker: Inwood Restaurant’s Promise of Convenient Parking Draws More Traffic to Dyckman (DNA)
- Bronx SUV Driver Rams Shoe Store on Jerome Avenue, Injuring 12 (Gothamist)
- Autonomous Van Crashes Into Building Scaffolding in Hell’s Kitchen (DNA)
- NYPD Sergeant Damages Car of Fellow Cop; Criminality Suspected (News)
- Louisiana Surgeon En Route to Operating Room Bypasses Gridlock on Kid’s Bike (HuffPo)
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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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