Today’s Headlines

8:52 AM EST on December 16, 2016

Maloney, Rangel, Espaillat Ask Obama to Fund 2AS Expansion Before Leaving Office (AMNY, NY1)
NYC Is Scrambling to Prepare for Trump Budget Cuts (WSJ, Politico)
Who Will Pay for Cuomo's Cashless Toll Booths? Got to Be New York City Straphangers (Voice)
Subway Hate Crimes Have Almost Doubled This Year Compared to 2015 (AMNY)
The TLC Doesn't Keep Track of Sexual Assaults That Happen in Cabs, Apparently (Post)
NYPD Is Taking CompStat Data Collection and Analysis Out of the Hands of Precinct COs (Post)
DOT Making Quick, Low-Cost Fixes That Could Save Lives at 100 Intersections (DNA)
Injuries Up at West End Avenue Crossing Where DOT Declined to Install Pedestrian Island (DNA)
Upper West Side Senior Community Wants Crosswalk and Signal at W. 106th Street Desire Path (DNA)
Unlicensed Driver Runs Red, Flips School Bus, Hospitalizes 3 Small Kids, NYPD Files No Charges (Post)
BQX Fan Joe Lhota Says Streetcar Would Be Better Than Ramping Up Bus Service (News)
Gotham Gazette Has the Scoop on the Race to Succeed Inez Dickens on the City Council

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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