Today’s Headlines
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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 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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