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8:56 AM EST on December 18, 2015

    • Port Authority Tasked With Creating Gateway Corporation (AMNY)
    • NYPD Arrests Man on Parole for Biking in the Street, Sends Him Back to Jail (Gothamist)
    • DOT Closes City Island Bridge With "Ceremonial Last Ride" (NY1)
    • Eric Adams Directs Funding to Brooklyn Greenway Projects (DNA)
    • State Senate Rejects Cuomo Subsidy for Faux-Urban Staten Island Development (Politico)
    • Ydanis Rodriguez Opens the Door to Densifying Inwood (DNA)
    • NYC Commuter Rail and Express Bus Riders Get Bigger Break From the IRS (Crain's)
    • Passenger Dies When Driver Crashes Into Parked School Bus in Flushing (News)
    • Advance: Ingrate Pedestrian Arrested for Punching Driver Who Didn't Run Him Over
    • Reducing Traffic Violence Not Cited as Priority for Incoming SI DA Michael McMahon (Advance)
    • Jonathan Lippman, Whose Court Defended Killer Drivers, Reflects on Progressive Legacy (Politico)

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Brad Aaron
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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