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8:56 AM EST on February 3, 2017

    • Will the BQX Pay for Itself? Not Likely (Voice)
    • De Blasio Plans to Rezone 50 Blocks in Long Island City for New Housing (DNA)
    • Cuomo's Javits Center Vanity Project Is Already 50 Percent Over-Budget (DNA)
    • More Coverage of TLC Vote to Improve App-Hail Data Collection: Post, AMNY
    • Victim in Fatal Off-Duty Cop Crash Was Also a Cop (Post 1, 2); News: Driver Was Speeding
    • School Bus Driver Jumps Curb Outside Ft. Greene School, Injuring Child (Bklyn Paper)
    • Seniors Wait Years for DOT Safety Fixes to Riverdale Street (Press)
    • The City's New LED Streetlights Are Keeping People Awake (Gothamist)
    • Work on Meadowlands Mega-Mall Stalls as Concept Metastasizes to Miami (WNYC)
    • Daily News Reader James Carroll Has Just About Had It With the Traffic

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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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