Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EST on February 22, 2013
- Cy Vance and Ray Kelly Can’t Say Enough About Some Criminal Cases
- New NYPD Unit Dedicated to Tracking Down Stolen iPhones and iPads (Post)
- Deaf to Traffic Violence Victims, Chris Quinn Responds to Plight of Food Vendors (DNA)
- G Train to Get a “Full-Scale Analysis” From MTA (News, SAS)
- Bay Ridge Straphangers Join Up With Riders Alliance (Home Reporter)
- TLC Can’t Keep Up With Proliferation of Illegal Livery Cabs (News)
- Park Slope Business Owners Talk Up Proposed Seventh Avenue BID (Bklyn Paper)
- Curb-Jumping Cop Crashes NYPD Van in Castle Hill, Flees Scene (News)
- SI Student Suspended After Tweeting Pic of Teacher’s Van in No Parking Zone (Advance)
- MIT Report: MPG Standards Not Nearly as Effective as Gas Tax Hike (NYT)
- Post Columnist Cindy Adams Is Having a Tough Time (Keep Reading)
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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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