Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on October 20, 2016
- Revised DOT Plan for 111th Street Keeps a Car Lane and Drops Crosswalks (DNA)
- Doored Cyclist Run Over by MTA Bus Driver in Williamsburg, in Critical Condition (DNA, News)
- StreetsPAC Petition Calls on NYPD to Update the Public on Matthew von Ohlen Investigation
- Nassau County Exec Ed Mangano Expected to Be Charged in Corruption Probe (WSJ, Post)
- Christie Will Appear in Court to Answer Bridgegate Summons (Post)
- De Blasio’s MTA Board Appointees Make News by Not Sitting on Their Hands (WSJ)
- Bronx Motorist Who Killed Three People Last Halloween Indicted for Homicide (DNA)
- Someone Died After DOT Changed an UES Intersection to Accommodate One Motorist (DNA)
- NYPD Issuing Criminal Summonses for Crossing Tracks Where LIRR Removed Ped Bridge (TL)
- Advance Looks at History of Attempts to Bring the Subway to Staten Island
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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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