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8:57 AM EST on February 23, 2017

    • Donald Trump Has New Yorkers Afraid to Go Outside (NYT)
    • Lancman: De Blasio Can Hinder ICE by Stopping Arrests for Fare Beating (News)
    • More on SI Teenagers Criminally Charged for Riding Bikes (Voice, Post); Advance Crows
    • Related: Back to Our Regular Programming (Advance 1, 2)
    • Experts Wonder How de Blasio Plans to Fix the Cross Bronx Expressway (DNA)
    • CB 4 Concerned That Gateway Construction Will Impede Traffic, Block High Line Views (DNA)
    • Media Still Slapping Fins for Cuomo's Kosciuszko Bridge Announcement (CBS, News)
    • Driver Seriously Injures Pedestrian on Frederick Douglass Boulevard (DNA)
    • The Same Four Politicians Have Been Repping Harlem Since Bill Clinton Was President (Voice)
    • Meet the People Responsible for Thousands of NYC Professional Drivers (NYT)

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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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