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Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EDT on October 17, 2014

    • Cy Vance Charges Cab Driver Who Killed Cooper Stock With Careless Driving Infraction (News)
    • Cuomo Hires Private Attorneys to Fight Feds on Tappan Zee Clean Water Loan (LoHud, CapNY Pro)
    • Uber and Lyft Protest TLC Rule to Prohibit Drivers From Operating as Free Agents (CapNY, Crain's)
    • Cuomo Is All About Improving Service for New York City Transit Users (Crain's, WSJ)
    • Times Profiles Harbor Ring Campaign for Verrazano Pedestrian and Cyclist Access
    • Brooklyn Bureau Gauges Reaction to de Blasio's Broadway Junction Development Plans
    • Resident Group Wants Public Plaza to Block Illegal Truck Traffic on West End Avenue (DNA)
    • Housing Org Proposes High Line-Style Park and Affordable Units for West Harlem (DNA)
    • Idiot Truck Drivers Will Soon Slam Into Steel Beam Rather Than FDR Overpass (News)
    • Placing Traffic Cones Around Your Free Curbside Parking Spot Is Apparently a Step Too Far (Post, FIPS)
    • Motorists Suing Cyclists They've Run Over -- It's a Thing (Gothamist)

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Brad Aaron
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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