Today’s Headlines
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Brad Aaron
8:48 AM EDT on April 21, 2017
- Looks Like Cuomo Will Soon Be in Charge of the Port Authority (Politico)
- Transit Champion Chris Christie Still Huffing and Puffing About Amtrak (Politico)
- Watchdog Groups Contest NYPD Body Camera Policies (Politico)
- Motorist Severely Injures Person Walking on Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park (DNA)
- What It’s Like to Depend on Buses in the Northwest Bronx (Press)
- Brooklyn Spoke on the Necessity of Good Transit and Bikeways for an Affordable City
- Staten Island EDC Contracts Gondolamania (Advance, WNYC)
- The 7 Train Doesn’t Seem a Day Over 99 (NY1)
- Brooklynites Overjoyed to Have Squibb Park Bridge Back (Bklyn Paper)
- Ginia Bellafante Wrote About a New Jane Jacobs Documentary (NYT); Also: Voice
- Bike Snob Has a Roundup of Earth Day Car-Free Festivities (TransAlt)
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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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