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Today’s Headlines

8:55 AM EST on December 9, 2016

    • Cuomo's AirTrain Is a Poison Pill, Stalling PANYNJ Capital Plan (NYT, Politico, Crain's)
    • Port Authority Won't Talk About Interminable GWB Bus Terminal Renovations (Metro, NY1)
    • NYC Press Corps Take Note: Poughkeepsie Journal Still Pushing for Toll Reform
    • Neil deMause to Cuomo: Don't Trust Trump's Infrastructure Scheme (Voice)
    • O'Neill Says He Will "Rectify" Atlantic Avenue Placard Abuse (Eagle)
    • UWS NYPD CO Who Cracked Down on Cyclists in Response to Traffic Deaths Is Moving On (DNA)
    • Distracted Driver Seriously Injures Citi Bike Rider at Sixth Avenue Spot That Has No Bikeway (Post)
    • Bklyner Has a Great Profile of Safe Streets Advocate Bahij Chancey
    • Brooklyn Spoke Corrects Alan Dershowitz's Anti-Bike Screed
    • Post and News Whiff on Opportunity to Delve Into NYPD's Deadly Drinking Problem
    • UK Lawmakers Want Life Sentences for Distracted and Impaired Drivers Who Kill (Telegraph)

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Brad Aaron
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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