Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on July 14, 2014
- With Offer on the Table (News), MTA Releases LIRR Strike Contingency Plan (Gothamist, WNYC)
- Judge Blocks NYC Lyft Launch, Pending Decision on Suit Filed by City (Post)
- Witnesses Say Driver Who Hit 8-Year-Old in Norwood Was Texting; NYPD: No Criminality (News)
- Digitized Complaint System Allows TLC to Pursue More Cabbie Violations (I Quant NY, Post)
- Upper East Siders Propose Rooftop Park for Waste Transfer Station (News)
- Attorney for Accused DWI Killer Preps “Too Drunk to Know What He Was Doing” Defense (News)
- Brooklyn Hit-and-Run That Killed Mother and Daughter Unsolved After 20 Years (News)
- Ginia Bellafante Wonders Why There’s No Ferry for Hamptons Getaways. Oh and Commuters (NYT)
- What Happens When a Citi Bike Member Behaves Like Millions of NYC Motorists (Gothamist)
- Times Square Is Too Seedy for the New York Post
- “And What Is It That Makes Brooklyn the ‘Epicenter of Cool,’ Mr. Markowitz?” (Gothamist)
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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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