Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
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
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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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