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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on May 11, 2016
- Driver in Reverse Crushes Senior to Death on Upper East Side; No Charges (News)
- SI Driver Who Killed Alexa Cioffi With Boat Trailer Charged With Manslaughter (News)
- Uber Drivers in NYC to Get Some New Work Rights, Agree to Not Unionize (NYT)
- MTA: Three Sick Passengers Caused Train Delays for Thousands on Monday (Gothamist)
- Advance Not Impressed by DOT Analysis of North Shore Traffic Problems
- Police Looking for Hit-and-Run Driver Involved in Gory UWS Curb Jump Crash (News)
- Man Jumps Off Overpass Onto Gowanus Expressway, Is Struck and Killed by Motorist (News)
- 2nd Ave Sagas Finds Useful Tidbits in Hunter Subway Etiquette Study
- Judge Orders Prosecutors to Release Names of All Bridgegate Suspects (WNYC)
- NYPD Vans May Continue to Dose You With Radiation at NYPD’s Discretion (Post)
- If You Think Cops Are Attached to Their Cars Now … (DNA, News, Post)
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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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