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By Brad Aaron

8:59 AM EST on January 7, 2016

Cuomo’s Penn Station Announcement Underwhelms, Mostly (2AS, WNYC, NYT, Politico, WSJ)
Upstate Highway Program Would Take Five Years; No Increase in TZB Tolls (NYT)
Has Cuomo Read “The Power Broker” All the Way to the End? (@2AvSagas)
Ritchie Torres Wants to Make Community Boards Representative of Communities (Gazette)
Rodriguez, Levine, and Andy Cohen See Demand for Hudson River Ferries (DNA, News)
City Island Residents Wish Visitors Would Leave Their Cars at Home (Crain’s)
Cab Drivers Are Sexually Assaulting Female Passengers, and Bratton Says “Buddy Up” (Post 1, 2)
Family Settles Suit Against SI Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Child and Injured Sister (Advance)
Tom Wrobleski on Cuomo Toll Cuts: Gimme Gimme Gimme (Advance)
Chris Christie Is Strangling New Jersey Transit (Bloomberg)
Lawmakers Vow to Clean Up Albany — Seriously This Time! (NYT, 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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