Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:43 AM EDT on March 23, 2016
- City Council Passes de Blasio Rezoning Plan (NYT, Politico)
- Port Authority May Not Go Along With Cuomo LGA Rebuild (Politico)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian in East Harlem (News, NY1, WABC)
- Gale Brewer Joins Opponents of East Side Waste Transfer Station at Jodi McGrath Vigil (News, DNA)
- DOT Announces Pending Overnight Closure of QBoro Bridge Path, With Shuttles Every 15 Minutes
- Parks Department Agrees Cherry Walk Greenway Segment Needs Lighting, Says It Can’t Afford It (DNA)
- David Dunlap Is Impressed by Posh New Columbus Circle Subway Station Amenities (NYT)
- What If These Parents and School Officials Helped Lobby Albany for More Speed Cameras? (DNA)
- Here’s a Case of Queens Traffic Violence That Didn’t End With a Richard Brown Punt (NYT)
- Story of Felix Coss Family’s NYPD Suit Picked Up by Slate, Daily Beast, Gothamist, DNA
- Damn Plazas (News, News, Advance)
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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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