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 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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