Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:47 AM EDT on June 5, 2017
- Move NY Backers: NYC Doesn’t Need Albany to Reform Bridge Tolls; DOT: Disagree (WNYC, WSJ)
- Press Isn’t Buying de Blasio’s Reasons for Avoiding Transit (Politico; NYT; News; Post 1, 2)
- Gelinas: Placard Handout and Road Pricing Inaction Undercut Mayor’s Climate Rhetoric (Post)
- Related: Subway Service Was a Mess on Friday (DNA)
- Related: De Blasio Forgot the First Rule of NYPD Placard Enforcement (Post via @placardabuse)
- De Blasio and City Council Reach Budget Agreement (Politico, NY1, Post)
- R Train Will Skip Prospect Avenue for Six-Month Station Upgrade (NY1)
- Manhattan, Bronx: Drivers Critically Injure 2, Flee (News); FedEx Driver Hits Ditmars Pedestrian (DNA)
- Drivers Injure NYPD Officers, One Critically, in Brooklyn and Staten Island (NYT, Advance)
- As Long as the 34th Precinct Doesn’t Enforce Truck Rules, Truckers Will Keep Doing This (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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