Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on March 14, 2013
- Woman Killed by Tractor-Trailer Driver in Red Hook; No Criminality Suspected (Gothamist, Bklyn Paper)
- Bus Time Will Expand to Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens (TransNat, SAS)
- NJ Transit Wants $1.2B in Federal Storm Aid (TransNat)
- NYC EDC, Seth Pinsky Give Go-Ahead to Flushing Commons and Its 1,600 Parking Spots (Courier)
- City Council Land Use Committee Approves Hudson Square Rezoning (Crain’s)
- CB 7 Committees Endorse Plan to Remove Parking From Central Park Entrance (DNA)
- Paths in Fort Greene Park Suffer From Neglect, Group Says (DNA)
- Julio Acevedo Indicted on Top Charge of Leaving the Scene (News)
- MTA to Adopt Touch-Screen Kiosk Program (SAS)
- Lhota and Other Mayoral Candidates Raise Money (NYT, CapNY)
- More People Are Moving to the Bronx Than Leaving (NYT)
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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