Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on October 7, 2013
- Allison Liao, 3, Killed by Driver Making a Turn in Flushing (Post); News Sticks to Victim-Blaming
- Those Motorcyclists Terrorizing NYC? Some of Them Are NYPD (NYT, DNA, Post)
- Two Pedestrians in Critical Condition After Separate Queens Crashes; “No Criminality” (Post)
- Manhattan Pedestrians Hurt in Two Hit-and-Runs, and One Suspect Is a Cab Driver (Post)
- William Hemphill, 51, Killed by Off-Duty Cop in Staten Island Hit-and-Run (Post)
- After Woman on Skateboard Is Killed by Bus Driver, the Times Asks: Is Skateboarding Safe?
- Lhota Says He Would Increase City Contribution to MTA (News)
- Crain’s: The 7 Line Extension Is Fueling a Far West Side Development Boom
- Rockaway Beach Line Included in MTA 20-Year Capital Needs Assessment (News)
- Jax Heights Resident: Auto-Oriented Willets Point Mall Will Be a Traffic-Generating Nightmare (Q Trib)
- The Post Wants Pedicab Operators to Get Driver’s Licenses
- Sian Green Says Cabbie Who Maimed Her — Now Back on the Job — Was Aiming for Cyclist (News)
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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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