Today’s Headlines

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)

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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