Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:56 AM EDT on April 20, 2017
- NYPD Wants DA Vance to Bring Charges Against Truck Driver Who Killed Kelly Hurley (DNA)
- Booker and Christie Team Up to Press Trump on Gateway (Politico)
- Cuomo’s New Chief of Staff Is Married to Uber Lobbyist (NYT); Got a Problem With That? (Politico)
- Silverstein Exec Who Oversaw WTC Rebuild to Manage MTA Capital Projects (MTA)
- Bus Turnaround Campaign Tracks How Crappy Service Is Where You Live (AMNY)
- Signal Problems Shut the 7 Train for 45 Minutes During Wednesday Evening Rush (Post, AMNY)
- On the Loose: Road-Raging Driver and Two Pals Who Beat a Cyclist and Broke His Jaw (DNA)
- Motorist Injures Person Walking on Hylan Boulevard (Advance)
- City Limits Speaks With Winners of the TransAlt/Gothamist 14th Street Competition
- The Times Square Pedestrian Plaza Is Officially Complete (Gothamist)
- James Oddo Says “Rogue” Bike-Share Operators Not Welcome in Staten Island (Advance)
- Buildings Department Does Nothing as Developers Renege on Public Space Agreements (NYT, Post)
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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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