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  • Bill Thompson to Bow Out of Mayor’s Race, Locking up Nomination for de Blasio (NYTPost)
  • Daily News Op-Ed Calls for Citywide and Council Candidates to Address Street Safety
  • Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Two Women and Injure Senior in the Bronx and Queens (Post, News 12DNA)
  • Teenager Kills Himself in Brooklyn Crash (News); 2 Dead in Queens Motorcycle Collision (NY1)
  • Queens Principal: DOE Ordered Boneheaded Letter Blaming Kids After Curb-Jump Crash (DNA)
  • Daily News Says Driver Who Mangled Kids May Be Charged, Post Claims CIS Probe Is “Routine”
  • Related: No Charges Yet for Cab Driver Who Maimed Sian Green, Now Out of ICU (NBC, News)
  • Opponents Still Working to Halt Nissan Taxis (NYT), Which Aren’t Very Fuel Efficient (WSJ)
  • GAO Faults Port Authority on Toll Hikes (TransNat)
  • Land Grab Stalls Washington Heights Development That Would Put Parking on Top of 1 Train (DNA)
  • Debi Rose Says Staten Island Ferris Wheel Is Not a Done Deal (Advance)

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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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