Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:00 AM EST on January 14, 2016
- One Way Cuomo Could Pay for His Precious Thruway Toll Cut: Sticking It to NYC (Politico, NYT)
- E.J. McMahon: Toll Giveaway = “Burning Cash to Curry Favor With Upstate Motorists” (Politico)
- Repairs to Sandy-Damaged L Train Tunnel May Require Long-Term Closure (Gothamist, 2AS, NYT)
- Parks Department Could Impose Cyclist Detour From Greenway Through Riverside Park (DNA)
- Staffers Say Years of Dysfunction and Mismanagement Are Causing DDC “Brain Drain” (DNA)
- News: Horse Carriage Deal Includes Restrictions on Central Park Pedicabs
- More Coverage of DOT’s Meeker Avenue Plans (Bklyn Paper, DNA)
- Gothamist and the Times Profile Richard Oates, Killed by Truck Driver on Delancey Street
- Three Columbia Students Die in Bus Crash in Honduras (News)
- Advance: Parking Is So Tight in St. George That Some Drivers Resort to Paying for It
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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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