Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EST on January 13, 2016
- Will Cuomo Address Transportation Funding in Today’s State of the State? (Politico)
- Times: Cuomo Isn’t Thinking Big on Penn Station (1, 2)
- “This Is Not an Accident”: Judge Sends Sociopath Who Killed Jean Chambers to Jail (News, Post)
- Truck Driver Kills Richard Oates, 32, on Lower East Side; NYPD: Victim’s Fault (DNA, AMNY)
- Insurance Companies Have a Ton of Data About Driving Behavior That Causes Crashes (WSJ)
- Schumer Wants Federal Grant to Increase L Train Capacity (Politico)
- De Blasio Nearing Deal to Reduce Horse Carriages and Keep Them Inside Central Park (News)
- DOT Installs Curb Ramps, Fresh Paint on Queens Boulevard Service Road Near MacDonald Park (DNA)
- Locals and Electeds Want to Know Why the Squibb Park Pedestrian Bridge Is Still Closed (Bklyn Paper)
- Police Arrest Driver for FDR Hit-and-Run Death of Anthony Pham (News)
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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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