Today’s Headlines
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Brad Aaron
8:55 AM EST on December 15, 2016
- Cuomo and Port Authority Board Come to Terms on PABT — But Does Cuomo Get His AirTrain? (NY1)
- TWU Local 100 Says Off-Board Fare Collection Is Safer for Bus Drivers, Wants More of It (AMNY)
- Developers Who Have Bungled the GWB Bus Terminal Reno Deign to Engage the Locals, Kind Of (DNA)
- Bronx Council Members Withdraw Support From Bill to Reform Solid Waste Distribution (Politico)
- O’Neill Says NYPD Will Keep Doing Stop-and-Frisk, Won’t Target Undocumented Immigrants (WSJ)
- Motorist Hits Three People Changing Tire on I-95 in the Bronx, Killing One; No Charges (AMNY, News)
- Drivers in the 19th Precinct Put Two People in the Hospital Last Weekend and Ben Kallos Said Nothing (DNA)
- Safe Streets Critic and Toll Reform Foe Tony Avella Says He’ll Run for Mayor Again (Politico)
- Meadowlands Mega-Mall Will Be Heavily Subsidized by New Jersey Taxpayers (WNYC)
- Tom Wrobleski: Let’s Give DOT’s Car-Share Parking Plan a Chance — Ha Ha JK (Advance)
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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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