Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on September 28, 2016
- Cuomo Pledges New Penn Station by 2020 (Politico. NYT, Crain’s, Gothamist, AMNY)
- De Blasio Plan to Cut Carbon Emissions Includes Transit, Biking, Walking, EV Charging Stations (Politico)
- Ydanis Bill Would Require DOT to Rethink NYC’s Most Cramped Sidewalks (AMNY)
- ATU Wants to Unionize Uber and Lyft Drivers (Crain’s, News)
- Paul Vallone, Principals Get DOT to Install Slow Zone Where Flushing Driver Hit Kids (QNS)
- DOT to Paint Bike Lanes in Ridgewood and Middle Village (Ridgewood Times)
- Suffolk Prosecutors Obtain EDR Data to Help Convict Hit-and-Run Killer (AP)
- Suspect Fleeing Cops Drives Toward Officer on Bed-Stuy Sidewalk, Is Shot (NYT, Post)
- SUV Driver Crashes Into MTA Bus in Williamsburg, Critically Injuring 1 (DNA, News, NY1)
- Felony Charge for Staten Island DMV Employee Who Rang Motorist for a Date (Post)
- Kabak Explains Why the Second Avenue Subway Might Not Be Ready in December (2AS)
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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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