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By Brad Aaron

8:47 AM EDT on June 13, 2016

Hit-and-Run Drivers Kill Three People in Manhattan and the Bronx (Gothamist 1, 2; Post; News 1, 2)
Motorist Kills 52-Year-Old Po Chu Ng in Sixth Avenue Crosswalk; No Charges (Gothamist)
Manslaughter Charge for Speeding, Impaired Driver in Fatal East New York Collision (Post)
Taxi Driver Critically Injures Pedestrian on Upper West Side (Gothamist)
With Session Ending, Albany Isn’t Talking About Toll Reform (NYT); Poughkeepsie Journal: “Indefensible”
David Weprin Is Out to Torpedo City Program That Forgives Companies for Parking Tickets (Post)
Queens CB 6 Endorses Elizabeth Crowley’s Jamaica-LIC Light Rail Proposal (DNA)
Kabak: The MTA and DOT Aren’t Helpless to Improve Bus Travel (2AS)
Friends Remember Leah Sylvain, Killed by Motorist Who Failed to Yield (DNA)
It’s Wrong to Arrest Drivers for Killing People Who Have the Right of Way, Say These Attorneys (Advance)

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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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