Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:57 AM EDT on May 25, 2016
- State Approves MTA Capital Plan and Cuomo’s IOU (WNYC, News, AMNY)
- Second Avenue Subway Construction Costs Still Going Up (DNA)
- Hudson River Park Trust to Disrupt Greenway Segment for a Year, Give or Take (DNA)
- DNA Has More Coverage of DOT Union Square Bike Improvements
- In Albany, Uber Has Taken a Back Seat to Preet (Politico)
- If You Walk or Ride on NYC Streets, You’ll Want to Read This Politico Exposé on Private Trash Haulers
- Family of Allison Liao: Fatal Traffic Collisions Aren’t Accidents (PIX)
- Cops Chase Staten Island Driver as Pedestrians Scurry Out of Harm’s Way (Advance)
- An Off-Duty NYPD Highway Cop Killed Two People Whose Car Broke Down on the LIE (News, Post)
- Chuck Schumer Drops In to Scold the MTA for Last Week’s Metro-North Fire (Post)
- Parks Without Borders Program Aims to Make City Green Spaces More Accessible (NYT)
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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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