Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
9:00 AM EDT on May 24, 2017
- Cuomo Acknowledges He Runs the MTA, Doesn’t Know How (NYT, 2AS, Voice, Gothamist, Post, News)
- Cuomo Wants to Merge Penn, Farley, and Gateway Projects Under State Control (Post, NY1)
- NJ Transit Morris & Essex Line Will Be Rerouted From Penn to Hoboken This Summer (NYT)
- Relax Everyone, Cuomo Is Forming a Penn Station Task Force (Politico, @MarketUrbanism)
- M79 Select Bus Service Goes Live (Patch)
- Here’s the RPA’s 7-Point Plan to Fix the Subways
- As City Considers Bollards, Former DOT Official Says Ban Cars From Times Square (NYT)
- DOT Plans Protected Contraflow Bike Lane on Jay Street in DUMBO (Bklyn Paper)
- Driver Injures 1-Year-Old in Greenpoint; NYPD, News: Toddler “Broke Free” From Mother
- Victims Recovering From Times Square Attack (DNA) and Greenpoint Cyclist Strike (DNA)
- Uber Owes Tens of Millions to New York Drivers, and Maybe a Lot More (NYT)
- Aaron Naparstek Brings Honku to The Moth
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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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