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8:59 AM EST on February 12, 2013

    • NYC Prosecutors, Stymied by Vehicular Killings, Make Prosecuting Gun Crimes Look Easy (Post)
    • Will the Next Public Advocate Outdo Bill de Blasio on Street Safety? (CapNY)
    • Merchants Celebrate Opening of Spiffy Rehabbed Knickerbocker Ave M Station (News, MTA)
    • Citing Penn Station Congestion, CB 5 Opposes Madison Square Garden Operating Permit (DNA)
    • Starlight Park Is Open (Bronx River Alliance), But Obstacles to Access Remain
    • Giants Lineman David Diehl Pleads to DWI for Astoria Crash, Is Prohibited From Driving (Post)
    • SUV With Sleeping Infant Inside Stolen in the Bronx (Post)
    • New Jersey Cops to Lawmakers: Red Light Cameras Are Making Streets Safer (Star-Ledger)
    • Researchers Link Urban Motoring and Building Heat to Climate Change (NYT)
    • Steve Cuozzo Has Nothing But Love for the New Times Square

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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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