Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:59 AM EDT on April 2, 2013
- Feds Arrest Malcolm Smith and Dan Halloran for Alleged Bribery Plot (Post)
- Juan Gonzalez: Sources Say “City Hall” Knew Yankee Stadium Garage Deal Was a Loser
- Scott Stringer and Inez Dickens Reappoint Daniel Zweig to Manhattan CB 7
- Bike New York, Cycling Education Provider, Sues City Over $900,000 NYPD Parade Fee (NYT, WSJ)
- Pedestrian in Cardiac Arrest on Fourth Ave (Bklyn Paper); 2 Dead in Bruckner Blvd Hit-and-Run (News)
- City Testing Program to Substitute Cabs for Access-A-Ride (News)
- City Planning Dials Down NYC Population Growth Projection (CapNY)
- Business Improvement District Proposed for Far West Side (DNA)
- Sitting in Traffic, Staten Island Motorists Tweet Complaints About Staten Island Motorists (Advance)
- Mayor of Syracuse Makes News for Criticizing Cuomo’s Lack of Interest in Cities (NYT)
- Under a Very Odd Headline, Salon Profiles the Time’s Up Living Will Project
- Daily News Scolds Alec Baldwin for Breaking Bike Laws, Real and Imagined
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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