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Today’s Headlines

8:58 AM EST on January 8, 2016

    • Turning SUV Driver Kills Andrea Kremen, 68, on UES; "No Criminality Suspected" (News, WPIX)
    • Cuomo's Penn Station: Advo Concerns Muted (Crain's); Dwyer: Could Happen; WNYC Posts Timeline
    • Pouring Cash Into the Moribund Convention Business Is the Quintessential Cuomo Big Idea (NYT, Politico)
    • Politico Says Master Road-Builder Cuomo Is Shaping Up as a Climate Change Hero
    • Port Authority Reform Goes Nowhere in NJ State Legislature (Politico)
    • WSJ: Bypassing de Blasio, City Council Wants to Make It Even Easier for Uber Drivers to Get Licenses
    • DNA Maps Parking Tickets Issued in Fiscal 2015
    • Park Slope Got Two Citizen-Requested Speed Humps, and the DOT Crew Got Cake (DNA)
    • Hit-and-Run Driver Kills 29-Year-Old Man on FDR Drive (News, Post, AMNY)
    • ATU Prez Larry Hanley Blames Death of Maryland Pedestrian on Bus Mirrors (The Hill)
    • Damn Cyclists (Post 1, 2, 3; News)

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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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