Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:53 AM EDT on June 2, 2017
- Cuomo’s Big Climate Announcement, Promoted With Highway Bridge, Doesn’t Mention Transit
- Meanwhile: Gov Beams as NYT Likens His Tappan Zee to the Transcontinental Railroad
- Future of Trans-Hudson Transit Still Anyone’s Guess (Politico, News)
- Julissa Ferreras-Copeland Won’t Run Again (Politico 1, 2); Moya, Monserrate in Wings (C&S, Post)
- Someone Tell the Port Authority Making It Cheaper to Park Won’t Help LGA Traffic (AMNY)
- Police Make Arrest in Hit-and-Run That Severely Injured Staten Island Pedestrian (Advance)
- Driver Fleeing Cops Crashes in Eastchester; Four Injured (Post)
- Mariners Harbor Is a Hotbed of Motorist Insurance Fraud (Advance)
- The Times Strains to Link Everyday Subway Rule-Breaking With Declining Service
- Steve Cuozzo Should Sign Up for Citi Bike and Set His Tortured Soul Free (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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