Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:31 AM EST on December 17, 2015
- Upstate Electeds Are Holding MTA Funding Hostage (AMNY)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Senior on Metropolitan Ave.; Cops Blame Victim (Post)
- Cement Truck Driver Hits Woman and Two Kids in Elmhurst Crosswalk (DNA, News)
- Advocate for Seniors on de Blasio Housing Plan: “There’s No Waiting List for Parking” (Politico)
- Julissa Ferreras, Jose Peralta Want DOT to Make Fixes at Northern and Junction Boulevards (TL)
- Brooklyn CB 2 Backtracks on Routing Manhattan Bridge Traffic Onto Neighborhood Street (DNA)
- Tom Wrobleski, Defender of Unfettered Motordom, Complains About Slow Buses (Advance)
- Joe Addabbo Says Rockaway Beach Rail Bridge Is a Public Health Hazard (DNA)
- NYPD Officer Critically Injured by Drunk Driver in 1998 Dies (Post)
- Investigators Focus on Driver Behavior in Valhalla MNR Crash (NYT); MTA Examines Crossings (Politico)
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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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