Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on May 4, 2016
- Silver Gets 12 Years (NYT 1, 2; Politico); Albany Shrugs (WNYC); Cuomo: “Justice Was Served” (Politico)
- Kabak: The MTA Doesn’t Have Many Options to Relieve Subway Crowding
- New 19th Precinct CO, Endorsed by Ben Kallos, Says “Bikes Are a Big Problem” (Our Town)
- Rodriguez, Rosenthal, Eugene to Intro Bill Requiring DOT Barnes Dance Study (News)
- City Report Finds Private Trash Haulers in Dire Need of Oversight (News)
- New York Restoration Project to Start Free Shuttle Service to Randall’s Island Connector (DNA)
- Shore Boulevard Revamp Work Starting Soon (DNA); DNA Readers Back Clinton Ave. Bikeway
- Hit-and-Run Driver Injures Woman in Brooklyn Crosswalk, Is Chased by Daily News Deliverymen
- A Correction Officer Pulled a Gun on Another Motorist Over a Parking Spot (DNA)
- On Jane Jacobs’ 100th Birthday, de Blasio Says Affordable Housing Plan Honors Her Ideals (News)
- Again With the Gondolas (DNA)
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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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