Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:45 AM EST on December 8, 2016
- Motorist Kills Antonietta Orlando, 72, in Bensonhurst Crosswalk (News)
- New Yorkers Are Choosing Between MetroCards and Food for Families — Where Is Andrew Cuomo? (TL)
- Steve Hindy: 14th Street PeopleWay a Must for Manhattan and Brooklyn Businesses (Crain’s)
- NJ Ethics Board Rebuts Nadler’s PABT Conflict of Interest Charge Against Degnan (Politico)
- Port Authority Raises Parking Rates to Discourage Driving to LGA (AMNY); Here’s the Post Version
- Kallos Bill Would Force Building Owners to Take Down Dormant Sidewalk Sheds (Crain’s)
- “Pedestrian-Focused” Mall on Gun Hill Road in Baychester Will Have 1,200 Parking Spots (NY1)
- New Elementary School Will Interfere With Driving, Bayside Cranks Say (Times Ledger)
- “New York” Daily News Runs Op-Ed by Boston Suburbanite Who Threatens to Run NYers Over
- Thanks Trump (News, DNA, Bklyn Paper, 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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