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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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