Today’s Headlines
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on December 4, 2012
- Cuomo Goes to Washington for Aid Appeal (NYT, CapNY)
- New Yorkers Give High Marks to MTA, Acknowledge Climate Change in Siena Poll (NYT)
- MTA Considering LaGuardia Express Buses From Downtown Brooklyn and Other Sites (CapNY, SAS)
- J and Z Trains Are Running to Broad Street This Morning (SAS)
- Citing Baseless AAA Report, Lawsuit Seeks to “Shut Down” Red Light Cameras (Post)
- Lander: School Rezonings Put Kids at Risk From Fourth Avenue Traffic (Bklyn Spoke)
- TA Scavengers to Document Harrowing Conditions on Deadly Queens Boulevard (DNA)
- Five Children Injured When Driver Rear-Ends School Bus in Morrisania (DNA)
- New Jersey Prosecutors Use “Black Box” Data to Help Convict DWI Killer (Broadsheet)
- Developers Will Break Ground for Hudson Yards Complex Today (News)
- Southern Bronx River Watershed Alliance to Host Sheridan Town Hall on Wednesday (MTR)
- NYT: Bloomberg Asked Hillary Clinton to Run for Mayor; CapNY: Quinn Declares Her Independence
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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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