Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EDT on September 23, 2016
- NYPD: No Charges for Driver Who Backed Into Crosswalk and Killed Lee Strong, 83 (Gothamist, DNA)
- George Mamales, 85, Succumbs to Injuries Inflicted by Truck Driver on West End Ave (WSR)
- Hit-and-Run Truck Driver Severely Injures Cyclist in Midtown; Victim Could Lose Leg (Gothamist)
- Preet Nets Cuomo Insider Joe Percoco (NYT, Politico); Politico Compares Cuomo, Christie Scandals
- Port Authority Has Five PABT Designs It Probably Won’t Use (Crain’s, AMNY, Politico, Post)
- Sandy Repairs Could Affect PATH Service for Eight Years (PIX)
- Port Authority Plan for LaGuardia Gridlock Is Another Gridlocked Lane (Post)
- DNA Reporter Leslie Albrecht’s Story on Park Slope Bike Corral Is Shameless Bikelash Clickbait
- De Blasio Considering Canarsie Ferry Stop (Bklyn Daily)
- TA and Gothamist Launch 14th Street Redesign Contest — Here’s What Not to Do
- Hit-and-Run Driver Strikes Midtown TEA; ABC, Metro: NYPD Unsure If Accident Was an Accident
- Damn Citi Bike (Gothamist, 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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