Today’s Headlines
- Drunk Off-Duty Cop Drives Onto Williamsburg Sidewalk, Killing One, Injuring 3 (News, Post, NYT, DNA)
- Suspected Drunk Driver Kills 17-Year-Old Cyclist in Gerritsen Beach (News)
- Speeding BMW Driver Kills Woman in South Ozone Park, Critically Injures Her 9-Year-Old Daughter (News)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Critically Injures Delivery Worker in Crown Heights (Gothamist)
- Report: MTA Pension Costs Higher Than Peer Agencies' in London and Paris (WSJ)
- De Blasio Hires Toronto Streetcar Expert to Build Trust in BQX Project (NYMag)
- TransitCenter's Steven Higashide Tells NY1 What Riders Want
- Keith Wright and Inez Dickens Plan to Swap Seats (Post)
- LIRR Work Car Derails in Queens, Disrupting Today's Commute (Post, AMNY, NY1)
- City Won't Say What's Delaying Construction of Ramp for 81st Street Pedestrian Bridge (DNA)
- Driver Who Killed Roxina Clayton While Chased By Police Killed Someone the Same Way in 1989 (TL)
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