Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:52 AM EST on February 17, 2016
- Still More Streetcar Questions Than Answers (Politico, Post, Bklyn Paper)
- More on de Blasio’s BQX Pep Rally: Gothamist, AMNY, NY1, DNA
- Driver Critically Injures Staten Island Cyclist (Advance 1, 2)
- Crain’s Speculates on How Mayor and City Council May Come to Terms on Rezonings
- Staten Island Officials Pin Economic Hopes on Cuomo-Subsidized Mall (Politico)
- Citi Bike Riders Took 6,000+ Trips as Temps Dropped to Single Digits (WNYC)
- Bratton: NYPD Recruits Can Park Wherever They Want Near Queens Police Academy (Times Ledger)
- DOT to Study Street Hazards in Greenpoint and Williamsburg (Bklyn Paper)
- Someone Needs to School UWS Crank Joseph Bolanos on What “Conflict of Interest” Means (WSS)
- NYPD Brainstorms a Kinder, Gentler Times Square Station (Post)
- It’s Difficult to Hold Negligent Motorists Accountable When Judges Drive Drunk Too (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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