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8:58 AM EDT on March 16, 2017

    • Stella No Big Deal, Unless You're a Straphanger (NY1; Gothamist; Advance 1, 2; Post)
    • DSNY Leaves Curb Mountains for Days (Rag); NYT: "Few Complaints" About Storm Response
    • New Jersey Lawmakers Try to Block Cuomo's Port Authority Power Grab (Post)
    • Cuomo's LaGuardia Traffic Management Plan: More Uber (DNA)
    • State Senators Release Three Competing Budget Resolutions (NYT)
    • Former CB 7 Chair Mel Wymore Says He's Running Against Helen Rosenthal (News)
    • Two Stories on How Trump Wants to Further Degrade NYC Air Quality: Gothamist, AMNY
    • If Cuomo Can Ban Big Rigs From Interstates, Why Not the Streets of NYC? (Politico)
    • Speeding Driver Rips Car in Two on Williamsburg Bridge, Killing Passenger (News)
    • People You Share the Streets With (Post, Advance, News)

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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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