Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:43 AM EST on December 2, 2016
- Trucker Kills Moshe Yide Weiner, 21, on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg (DNA); Post: “Freak Accident”
- A Cyclist Died in Laurelton and Police Aren’t Sure How It Happened (Post)
- Cuomo Wants a Special Legislative Session, in Part to Deal With Hate Crimes (NYT)
- WNYC Has More on Trump’s Threat to Cut Funding for Sanctuary Cities
- The Hits Keep Coming: Simcha Felder Now One of the Most Powerful Pols in New York (Politico)
- What’s Causing Crushing Manhattan Gridlock? People Who Aren’t Driving, of Course (Post)
- Lower Manhattan Needs Toll Reform and More Sidewalk Space, Stat (NYT)
- Jersey Lawmakers Call on Trump to Prioritize Gateway Tunnel (NJ.com)
- Metro-North Engineer in Fatal Bronx Crash Is Suing Metro-North (Post, News)
- Traffic Violence Still Doesn’t Figure Into NYPD’s Definition of “Crime” (NY1)
- If Tiny Cars Improve NYPD Public Relations, Imagine What More Cops on Bikes Would Do (NYT)
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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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