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8:53 AM EDT on May 13, 2015

    • Cuomo Admin Gives Up Push to Use Clean Water Funds on TZB Construction (NYT, Capital, TU, LoHud)
    • Cuomo Port Appointee Interested in Tolls (Capital), Unified Fares (WCBS), Moving Buses to NJ (Crain's)
    • Cab Driver Jumps Curb, Smashes Midtown Bus Shelter, Injuring One (DNA, WCBS, Gothamist)
    • State Senator Andrew Lanza Considers Run for Staten Island District Attorney (Advance)
    • De Blasio and Oklahoma City Mayor Push for Federal Transpo Bill in NYT Op-Ed
    • Amtrak Service to Philly Suspended After Train Derails, Killing at Least 6 (NYT, WCAUAmtrak)
    • Observer to Christie, Cuomo: "It's Time to Break Out the Shovels" on Trans-Hudson Rail
    • MTA Increasing Staten Island Railroad Schedule to Coordinate With New Ferry Service (Advance)
    • Some Drivers Can't Read Big Red "No Parking" Signs and the Daily News Is On It (via Weekly Nabe)
    • Bklyn Navy Yard to Get a Whole Lot of New Parking -- Plus a Grocery Store (NYT)
    • Free Coffee and Breakfast Until 10 a.m. for Bike Commuters (Gothamist)

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