Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EDT on September 8, 2016
- TransitCenter Report Recommends NYC Work With Uber Et Al. to Augment Transit (AMNY)
- NYC Cedes Flushing Meadows Corona Park to People Driving to the U.S. Open (TL)
- Garodnick Bill Would Require NYPD to Publish Its Patrol Guide (Gotham Gazette, Post)
- After Meeting With de Blasio, Van Bramer Still Opposed to Swapping Parking for Housing (TL)
- DDC and DOT Are Adding Sidewalk Space on West End Avenue and Broadway (Rag)
- Hit-and-Run Driver Who Ran Over 6-Year-Old in Borough Park Arrested, Charged With Assault (ABC)
- All World Trade Center PATH Platforms Now Open (NY1)
- Push Poll Commissioned by Friends of the BQX Finds Overwhelming Support for BQX (News)
- Gothamist and TA Want Your Ideas for a Reimagined 14th Street
- Ben Kabak Explains Why the Subway Is Crowded to Crain’s Readers
- Happy Back to School Day, Staten Island (Advance)
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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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