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Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EDT on April 28, 2017
- Rosa Ramirez, Struck by Bronx Motorcyclist Who Left Scene, Declared Brain Dead (DNA)
- Public, Officials Still Largely in the Dark Regarding Penn Station Work (NYT, Politico, AMNY, News)
- General Contractors Association of New York: Let’s Privatize Penn (Post)
- Cuomo Spent a Day Glorifying a Bridge — And How Was Your Commute? (WNYC, Politico, News)
- The Post Editorial Board Might Have Spiked Bo Dietl’s Mayoral Ambitions; More: NYT
- Correction Staff Caught Using City Vehicles for Vacations; De Blasio: And? (NYT)
- State Legislators Get a Textalyzer Demonstration; NYCLU Objects (NPR)
- MTA to Buy 200 Buses for Use During L Train Shutdown (DNA)
- Wall Street-Rockaway Ferry Service Starts Monday (Post, AMNY); East River Fares Will Drop (DNA)
- High-Speed UWS Crash Involving Motorist and Motorcyclist Seriously Injures 1 (Rag)
- Big Shoes to Fill: TSTC Executive Director Veronica Vanterpool Is Moving On (MTR)
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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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