Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on October 16, 2012
- More MTA Fare and Toll Hike Proposal Coverage: NYT, CapNY, Post, Advance
- Gelinas: Hike the Base Fare, But Go Easy on Every Day Riders; News Slams Albany
- River Advos, TSTC: TZB Environmental Review Was Rushed and Incomplete (Times Herald-Record)
- Two Trees Management Is the New Owner of the Domino Sugar Factory (Bklyn Paper)
- No-Go on Development Deal to Replace Yankee Stadium Garages With Affordable Housing (News)
- News: DOT Declares Astoria Sidewalk Rack a Bike Corral “Compromise,” Peter Vallone Jr. Cheers
- Jimmy Van Bramer Praises LIC Four-Way Stop, Wants Other Traffic-Calming Measures (DNA)
- 44-Year-Old Pedestrian Killed on Harlem River Drive (DNA)
- Bronx Girl Critical After She’s Struck in Crosswalk While Walking to School; “No Criminality” (Post, DNA)
- Harlem Hit-and-Run Victim Arnold Slater Was a Vietnam Vet and Beloved Bon Vivant (Villager 1, 2)
- NYPD Advises Against Killing the Unarmed (Post); Disgraced Ex-Cop Decries Corruption (Post, News)
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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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