Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:48 AM EST on November 4, 2013
- Will Cuomo Sign the Transit Lock Box Bill? (WNYC)
- Driver Charged With Homicide for Death of Lucian Merryweather, 9, in Fort Greene (NYT; News 1, 2; Post)
- Murder Charge for Man Who Allegedly Sped on Bronx Sidewalk, Killing Father of Two (News, News 12)
- Cuomo Announces Stiffer Penalties for Driving Drunk With Conditional License (Gothamist)
- Post: De Blasio Wants Melissa Mark-Viverito for Council Speaker
- Gridlock Sam: NYPD Doesn’t Write More Speeding Tickets Because Revenue Is Split With State (WNYC)
- DOT Will Present Proposed Changes to Chaotic Broadway Intersection in Inwood Tonight (News)
- Two Years Later, Residents of Claremont Are Happy With City’s First Slow Zone (Crain’s)
- Community Board 10 Crank Alan Bortnick Has Something to Say About the 20 MPH Bill (Bklyn Paper)
- In Daily News Op-Ed, REBNY President Steve Spinola Pitches Secaucus 7 Extension
- For Some Reason, Daily News Cy Vance Endorsement Doesn’t Trumpet His Record on Vehicular Crimes
- Damn Bike Lanes (Post)
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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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