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By Brad Aaron

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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