Today’s Headlines
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Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on October 24, 2014
- Citizens Budget Commission: MTA Should Prioritize Upkeep Over Expansion (NYT, SAS)
- City Council Committee Passes Ambitious Plan to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions (CapNY)
- Amtrak Chair Says Sunnyside Yards Development May Be on the Table Next Year (CapNY)
- Council Members Give Thumbs Down to Auto-Dependent Astoria Cove Plan (Times Ledger)
- It’s a Start, But It Will Take More Than Stickers to Make Private Trash Haulers Safe (Crain’s)
- Community Board 2 and Public School Parents Urge DOT to Fix Seventh Avenue (Villager)
- Chuck Schumer and James Oddo Lobby Port Authority to Sponsor West Shore Light Rail (Advance)
- RPA and MAS Call for Moving Madison Square Garden for Penn Station Overhaul (Crain’s)
- Fleet Owners’ Suit Against the “Taxi of Tomorrow” Lives On (Post)
- Unlicensed DWI Offender Hits Senior, Tries to Flee; DA Brown: No Charges for Striking Victim (News)
- Nicole Gelinas: Subway Savior William Ronan Has a Message for Andrew Cuomo (City Journal)
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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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