Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EST on February 9, 2017
- Cuomo’s Syracuse Tunnel Waffle Will Cost Taxpayers and Delay Decision for Years (Politico)
- NYPD Pledges Crackdown as Cops’ Illegal Plate Covers Make National News (Inside Ed., Post)
- Bus Turnaround Campaign Says These Bus Lines Need Lanes — Is de Blasio Listening? (AMNY)
- Related: People Are Waiting Up to an Hour for the Bx7 and There’s No Relief in Sight (Press)
- Storm Disrupts Subways, Buses, Citi Bike, LIRR, NJT (DNA, AMNY, NYT)
- More on the “Freedom Ticket” From Gothamist and NY1
- Still No Word on What Caused the Off-Duty NYPD Crash That Killed Officer Bianca Bennett (DNA)
- Riverdale Motorist Mounts Curb, Hits Cars, Drives on Three Wheels; NYPD: Medical Episode (Press)
- DOT, DSNY, Parks Department Deny Responsibility for Maintaining Bronx Step-Streets (Press)
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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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