Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EST on December 9, 2015
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 17-Year-Old Jaremello Ovidio on Northern Boulevard (Gothamist, News)
- TA’s “Justice Denied” Report Wakes Staten Island DA’s Office (@ChristRobbins); More: Post, News
- The Times Profiles Victoria Nicodemus, Whose Life Isn’t Worth Much to DA Ken Thompson
- Queens DA Richard Brown Can Doggedly Pursue Justice for Traffic Violence Victims When He Wants To
- NYPD Chase in the Bronx Ends in Crash and Shooting Death (NYT)
- Uncorroborated Fear-Mongering Won’t Solve Problems Faced by Visually-Impaired Pedestrians (AMNY)
- Tom “Within Reason” Wrobleski Gets Sentimental Over Fresh Staten Island Asphalt (Advance)
- Rental Car Garages on W. 77th Street Replaced by Very Expensive Housing (NYT)
- Crain’s Checks Out City Businesses That Are Trading Vans for Delivery Trikes
- New York City Bike Riders Are Out of Control (Post)
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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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