Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EST on November 16, 2016
- Man Charged With Manslaughter for Death of Matthew von Ohlen (Gothamist, Voice, NYT, DNA, Post)
- Related: Suspect Juan Maldonado Was Fired From Truck Driving Job for Coming to Work Drunk (DNA)
- Nadler and Other Electeds Want PA Chair John Degnan Out of PABT Planning Process (Politico)
- Scenes From the TWU Local 100-MTA Contract Kabuki Dance (AMNY, News, Politico)
- Times Editors Scold de Blasio for Hiding NYPD Personnel Records
- Motorist Kills Man on Major Deegan in Highbridge (Post)
- Turning MTA Bus Driver Runs Over Mom Pushing Stroller on 111th Street (News, Post)
- BQX Workshops in Downtown Brooklyn and Red Hook Today and Tomorrow (Bklyn Paper, DNA)
- BMW Brings Its Car-Sharing Service to Several Brooklyn Neighborhoods (Crain’s)
- Cuomo-Appointed Panel Denies Raise for State Lawmakers, Who Aren’t Pleased (Politico, Post, News)
- Good Luck Funding Resiliency Projects With a Climate Change-Denier in the White House (Politico)
- Thanks Trump (Patch, DNA, AMNY, NY1, DNA)
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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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