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Today’s Headlines

Motorist Leaves Van in Gear, Striking 2 Seniors in Astoria; 1 Dead (DNA, AMNY); Post, News: “Accident” De Blasio: Eastern Parkway Pedestrian Islands Should’ve Never Existed (DNA) Related: Unnamed Electeds, NYPD — City Hall Can’t Decide Who Wanted Islands Removed (Gothamist) De Blasio Ups J’Ouvert Police Presence (NYT); The Finest of the Finest Weigh In (News) Cops Plow Through Group of Kids on Bikes in Bensonhurst, … Continued

By Brad Aaron

8:58 AM EDT on September 1, 2016

Motorist Leaves Van in Gear, Striking 2 Seniors in Astoria; 1 Dead (DNA, AMNY); Post, News: “Accident”
De Blasio: Eastern Parkway Pedestrian Islands Should’ve Never Existed (DNA)
Related: Unnamed Electeds, NYPD — City Hall Can’t Decide Who Wanted Islands Removed (Gothamist)
De Blasio Ups J’Ouvert Police Presence (NYT); The Finest of the Finest Weigh In (News)
Cops Plow Through Group of Kids on Bikes in Bensonhurst, Striking 1; NYPD, News Blame Child
Driver in Park Slope Sends Cyclist Through Windshield (Gothamist); NYPD, DNA Blame Victim
Driver Who Killed Self and Two Friends on LIE May Have Been Racing; Post: “Accident”
Driver Who Killed Victoria Nicodemus on Brooklyn Sidewalk Will Fight Manslaughter Charge (DNA)
Fed-Up Judge Sends Recidivist Drunk Driver to Jail (Post)
Mirroring Streets, It’s Survival of the Fittest on New York City Waterways (NYT, WSJ, NY1, DNA)

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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