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Today’s Headlines

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
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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