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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
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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