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By
Brad Aaron
8:42 AM EST on January 20, 2017
- MTA Board Set to Vote on $3 Fare Next Week (NY1, Post)
- Scientists Are Tracking Sea Level Rise in NYC; The News Is Not Good (NYT)
- Cuomo Wants Authority to Change State Budget on the Fly (Politico)
- N Express Tunnel to Be Shut for a Year to Fix Storm Water Damage (Bklyn Paper)
- Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Endorses Amity Wiggle (Bklyn Paper)
- NYPD Shamed Into Ticketing Bus Driver Who Ran Over Woman in Crosswalk (Gothamist, Patch)
- Driver Who Fatally Flung Man From Hood of Car Pleads to Misdemeanor (Advance)
- An UWS Parking Garage Raised Its Rates and Helen Rosenthal Wants Answers (News)
- SI: Parents Who Drive Kids to School Knock Other Parents Who Drive Kids to School (Advance)
- American Heart Association and TA: Getting 14th Street Right Would Boost Biking (Villager)
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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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