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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on April 6, 2016
- Ambulette Driver Who Failed to Yield Kills Pedestrian in Flushing Crosswalk (DNA, News)
- Man Who Killed Brooklyn Shop Owner With His Own Van Charged With Murder (News, Post)
- DNA Interviews 24th Precinct CO Marlon Larin, Who Drives to Work From the Suburbs
- NYC Transit President Hears From Queens Commuters About 7 Train Problems (NY1, News)
- Last Night’s Subway Commute Was Hellish (DNA, Gothamist)
- DOT Is Installing a Neckdown at Bowery and Division Street
- Ydanis Rodriguez Tours Times Square Ahead of Today’s Vote on Plaza Regulations (AMNY)
- Cuomo Aide Explains How the Governor’s Petulance Is Good for NYC (News, Crain’s)
- De Blasio Cuts Funding for Back-Up Water Tunnel, NYC’s Biggest Capital Project Ever (NYT)
- Errol Louis Thinks Participatory Budgeting Is Pointless and Stupid (News)
- Filmmakers Take an Interest in the Guy Who Keeps Stealing MTA Rolling Stock (NY1)
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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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