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By Brad Aaron

8:53 AM EDT on June 1, 2016

The First Hudson Yards Tower Opened Tuesday (TRD, AMNY)
Related: City’s Last Value Capture Transit Project Hasn’t Worked Out According to Plan (Crain’s, WNYC)
De Blasio Cancels Planned Flushing Rezoning (Crain’s)
MTA Buses Will Soon Yell at You (DNA, AMNY)
Cabbies Who Aren’t Penalized for Killing People Face Fines for Not Displaying Vision Zero Sticker (News)
DOT to Add Hylan Boulevard Sidewalk Space After Motorists Kill Cyclist and Pedestrian (Advance)
Illegal Parking That Pushes People Into Traffic? That’s Divine Right, Per Churches and NYPD (Gothamist)
Ken Thompson Still Hasn’t Charged Driver for Killing Victoria Nicodemus on Fort Greene Sidewalk (DNA)
Queens Man Who Killed Wife in High-Speed Crash Blames Car (News)
Scenes From the War on Cars (Advance, DNA, Post, Post)

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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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