Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on October 22, 2015
- Cuomo Hot to Grant Uber a Statewide License; David Gantt: Not So Fast (Politico 1, 2)
- Cuomo Hired a TV Anchor to Be the “Public Face” of His Tappan Zee Bridge (LoHud)
- Andrew Cuomo Is the Public Face of This: Gothamist, WABC, Post, News
- App-Based Service Aiming to Enter Yellow Cab Market Gets TLC Approval (Politico)
- Drivers Critically Injure 2 in Borough Park and Lower Manhattan; NYPD: No Criminality (Post)
- How About More DOT Street Redesigns and Fewer Child Memorial Signs (DNA)
- MTA Expects Sandy-Damaged South Ferry Station to Reopen in 2017 (Advance)
- Restoration of Flushing Meadows Corona Park World’s Fair Pavilion Is Underway (Times Ledger)
- Frederick Douglass Circle Has Become an Impromptu Skateboard Park (DNA)
- Psycho Assaults Cross-Country Citi Bike Rider and the Post Thinks He Had It Coming
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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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