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By
Brad Aaron
8:48 AM EST on November 17, 2016
- De Blasio in Closed-Door Meeting With Trump: New Yorkers Are Afraid of You (NYT, Gothamist)
- Schumer, Other Senate Dems Eager to Help Trump (NYT); Ditto Tom Prendergast (@MarketUrbanism)
- Transit Fare May Hit $3 in 2017 (NYT, 2AS); Cuomo Silent About Impact on Poor NYers (Voice)
- PABT Replacement Process Continues to Go Smoothly (Politico)
- Unlicensed Driver Kills Abrehet Hagos, 50, on Broadway in Washington Heights (DNA)
- This Is What “Expected to Survive” a Motorist-on-Pedestrian Crash Looks Like (NYT)
- Appropriately, Fifth Avenue Around Trump Tower Is a Free-for-All (NYT, Post)
- Motorists Are Using Tribeca Sidewalks to Avoid Stopping at Traffic Signals (Citizen [Item 3])
- Windsor Terrace Locals Say DOT Plan Won’t Slow Drivers on Seeley Street (Bklyn Paper)
- School Cop Who Harassed and Arrested Bronx Man Over Parking Spot Faces Jail Time (NYT, News)
- New York State DEC Gave the Yankees an Environmental Award and WNYC Called Shenanigans
- Thanks Trump (Politico, DNA, Gothamist, 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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