Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:48 AM EDT on June 14, 2017
- Trump Budget Would Ax Capital Funding for NYC Subway and Bus Projects (Post)
- MTA Budget for Signal Repairs Is Declining, Projects Years Behind Schedule (AMNY, Post, News)
- Cuomo’s Transit Solution: Get More People Driving Into Manhattan (Voice)
- Congestion Pricing Killer Richard Brodsky Has Thoughts on Fixing the MTA (News)
- Judge Rules Uber Drivers Are Employees Entitled to Benefits (Politico, AMNY)
- Scenes From de Blasio’s Placard “Crackdown” (Post)
- NYPD to Reduce Criminal Summonsing for Low-Level Public Offenses (NYT)
- Daily News Speaks With Grieving Family of Bronx Man Killed by Hit-and-Run TLC Driver
- Motorist Seriously Injures Man Riding Bike in Stapleton — “No Criminality Suspected” (Advance)
- Driver Charged After Allegedly Ramming 2 People on Great Kills Sidewalk (Advance)
- If NYPD Is Forced to Reveal Info on X-Raying New Yorkers at Will, Terrorists Win (News)
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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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