Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
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
More headlines at Streetsblog Capitol Hill
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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