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Today’s Headlines

8:35 AM EDT on March 17, 2017

    • Man Stealing Ambulance Runs Over and Kills EMT in the Bronx (NYT, AMNY, Post, News)
    • The de Blasio Fundraising Investigation Is Over (NYT 1, 2, 3; Politico 1, 2)
    • Fare Hike Takes Effect Sunday (AMNY); Conductor Cuomo Nowhere in Sight (NY1)
    • Trump Budget: No Gateway (Politico, WNYC), $910M in Cuts for NYC (Politico)
    • John Degnan Talks With the News About Cuomo's Port Authority IG Plot
    • Cuomo's LaGuardia Traffic Management Plan: A New Ramp (NYT)
    • Positive Press for DOT's Fourth Avenue Bikeway Plan (Bklyn Paper, DNA)
    • Drunk Driver Who Killed Passenger in Williamsburg Bridge Crash Is a TEA (NY1)
    • Car Stuck in Parking Spot? Call NYPD (AMNY)
    • Even the Advance Is Peeved About Snow-Encased Bus Stops
    • People Are Paying to Be Talked Into Punishing Commutes and The Times Is On It

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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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