Today's Headlines
Today’s Headlines
By Brad Aaron
- Bill Thompson to Bow Out of Mayor's Race, Locking up Nomination for de Blasio (NYT, Post)
- 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 1, 2; DNA)
- 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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