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8:52 AM EDT on April 26, 2017

    • How to Get Away With Murder in NYC -- Do It With a Car (Voice)
    • Penn Station Will Get Worse Before It Gets Better (NYT, Post)
    • Tuesday Evening Commute Was a Mess (Post, NY1)
    • Judge Blocks Trump Attack on Sanctuary Cities (NYT); Ruling Could Be Moot? (Politico)
    • MTA Not Doing Enough to Improve Accessibility, Says Class Action Suit (NYT)
    • M79 Select Bus Launch Postponed (DNA)
    • Advos Hope de Blasio Greenway Project Signals Parks Boost (Politico); More: NYT, DNA
    • Politico Takes Stock of Rezoning Setbacks and Successes; East Harlem Plan Revealed (DNA)
    • NYPD Issuing More Speeding Tickets in Staten Island Compared to Last Year (Advance)
    • Speed Enforcement Truther Nicole Malliotakis Files to Run for Mayor (NYT, Politico)
    • As We Were Saying ... (Post)

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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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