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8:59 AM EST on December 19, 2012

    • Joe Lhota's Running for Mayor and the MTA Will Need a New Chair (NYT)
    • Next in Line to Run MTA in the Interim: Tom Prendergast and Freddy Ferrer (WSJ, Post, News)
    • Expect the Other Candidates to Hang This Fare Hike Around Lhota's Neck (NY1, WNYC, CapNY)
    • 2nd Ave Sagas: All This Turnover at the Top Is Bad for the MTA
    • Will Transit Riders Pay for Cuomo's Capitulation on Thruway Truck Tolls? (MTR)
    • Hell's Kitchen Residents Propose Turning Dyer Ave Pavement Into a Park (DNA)
    • PATH Service Finally Returning to Hoboken (WSJ)
    • Mini-Bus Driver Ran Over and Killed 78-Year-Old Man in Ocean Parkway Crosswalk (NY1)
    • Driver Killed 76-Year-Old Woman Crossing Avenue M in Brooklyn Earlier This Week (NBC)
    • One Dead and One Critically Injured in Separate DWI Crashes on SI (Post)
    • Someone's Under the Illusion That the Law Compels Americans to Drive Responsibly (News)

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