Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on August 8, 2014
- Prendergast to Albany: MTA Needs “New, Sustainable Funding”; SAS Phase 2 in Capital Plan (2AS, NYT)
- Fire Delays L Train Service (DNA); SI Railway Train Derails for Second Time Since May (Advance)
- Meanwhile, Public Still Doesn’t Know Tappan Zee Price Tag or Who Will Foot the Bill (MTR)
- Regional Plan Association President Bob Yaro Is Retiring (RPA)
- City Settles Suit With Tamon Robinson’s Family, But Cops Who Hit Him With Cruiser Not Charged (News)
- Teenager Who Killed Ariel Russo Jailed After Allegedly Looting Dead Woman’s Apartment (Gothamist)
- City Apps Competition Finalist to Warn Users of “Sketchy” Neighborhoods (Crain’s, Gothamist)
- NYPD and MTA Say Neither Has Authority to “Close” Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for Protest March (NYT)
- Motorist Drives Through Queens Salon (News); Angry AAA Tow Truck Driver Nearly Hits Customer (DNA)
- Oh Look, a Daily News Story Blaming People for Being Run Over (Daily 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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