Today's Headlines

Today’s Headlines

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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

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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