Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EDT on October 23, 2012
- Lhota Says Base Fare Will Probably Rise to $2.50 (NYT, News, SAS)
- Her Daughter’s Killer Unnamed and Unpenalized, Mother of Roxana Buta Sues City (Post, DNA)
- Case Dropped Against Lindsay Lohan for Alleged Hit-and-Run in Chelsea (NYT)
- 3-Vehicle Collision Leaves School Bus Overturned in East Harlem; NYPD: Nothing to See Here (DNA)
- Cyclist Struck, Seriously Injured in Williamsburg Monday Afternoon (DNA)
- Cy Vance Hosts Vehicular Crimes Training Course for Area Prosecutors
- Lower Manhattan and Environs Attracting More Professionals and Couples With Kids (NYT)
- EDC Presents Willets Point Plans in English to Audience That Doesn’t Speak English (CapNY)
- Manhattan CB 12 Member Pens Bewildering Op-Ed on Henry Hudson Bridge Tolls (Uptown Collective)
- Brooklyn Paper Picks Up Lentol’s Call for Pulaski Bridge Realignment
- Brooklyn Spoke Spies a Citi Bike Docking Station
- Damn Bike Lanes (Post)
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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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