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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EST on November 11, 2015
- Brooklyn CB 9 Tables Empire Boulevard Plaza: “We Have Cars and We Would Like to Drive” (DNA)
- DiNapoli: Invest State Budget Surplus in Infrastructure (Politico)
- More Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane Coverage From the Daily News
- MTA Starts Work on LIRR Access at Grand Central Terminal (CBS)
- Man Who Killed Charles Kinyeti on Brooklyn Sidewalk Charged With Unlicensed Driving (News)
- Driver Kills Self on Gerritsen Avenue Speedway, Where Residents Beg for Relief (NYT, Post)
- NYPD Seizes Thousands of Vehicles Annually, But Doesn’t Reveal Why (WNYC)
- NYPD: Double-Parking in a School Zone Is Unsafe; Parents: I Me Mine (R’dale Press)
- There Once Was a Man Named Vito Lopez (NYT)
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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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