Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EST on January 6, 2016
- WSJ: Cuomo Has a Plan to “Overhaul” Penn Station
- Tri-State: New York Needs a Cohesive Vision for Transportation Investment, Not a Grab Bag
- More on Cuomo’s LI Transpo Event: NYT, WNYC, 2AS; LI Republicans Unimpressed (Newsday)
- The Deterioration of Subway Service Continues Apace (Gothamist)
- De Blasio Signs Law to Increase Civil Penalties for Hit-and-Run Drivers (@JimmyVanBramer)
- Rafael Salamanca and George Alvarez Are Running for Open Bronx Council Seat (DNA, Politico)
- Rafael Espinal and Eric Adams Want Changes to East New York Rezoning Plan (Crain’s 1, 2)
- MTA Completes Rehab of Grasmere Staten Island Railway Stop (DNA)
- Group Proposes Streetcar for Brooklyn-Queens Waterfront (News)
- Bed-Stuy Parking Lot to Be Replaced by Housing for Homeless, With Bike Storage (YIMBY via DNA)
- What Bill Bratton Thinks About as NYPD Fails to Enforce Street Safety Laws (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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