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8:58 AM EDT on May 3, 2016

    • Kaminsky Officially Wins Skelos's Old Seat, Giving Democrats Majority in State Senate (AP, Politico)
    • Not Your Imagination: The Subway Is Bursting at the Seams (NYT)
    • To Get Vendors Off Sidewalks, Ydanis Rodriguez Wants More Upper Manhattan Plazas (DNA)
    • Car Thieves Still at Large After Killing Chooi Tan on Canarsie Sidewalk; Daily News: "Accident"
    • Cops Crash Cruiser in Upper Manhattan Chase (Metro); Hit-and-Run Driver Injures Bronx Officer (AMNY)
    • Motorcyclist Kills Self on Belt Parkway in Howard Beach (Metro)
    • Girl Scouts Lobby for Improvements at Inwood Intersection Where DOT Just Installed Sharrows (DNA)
    • AMNY Looks at Uber's Explosive Growth in NYC
    • Here's Part Two of Gothamist's "Film Your Bike Commute" Series
    • Anonymous NYPD Officer Helps Cyclist, Gets a Post Story

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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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