Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:54 AM EDT on June 29, 2017
- Truck Driver Kills Teenage Cyclist in Hell’s Kitchen; NYPD Blames Victim (AMNY, News, DNA)
- Politico: State Lawmakers Prioritize TZB Over MTA; No Speed Cams Yet (@carolinesampo)
- MTA Suspends Track Workers for Derailment — What Now? (NYT, News, AMNY)
- De Blasio Holds Fire (News, NY1); Straphangers Rally at Cuomo’s Office (AMNY)
- Cuomo’s MTA Is Literally Putting Lives at Risk (WNYC); Stories From Crashed A: NYT 1, 2
- Too Bad Richard Brodsky Wasn’t Interested in Funding Transit When He Was in Albany (News)
- GOP Mayoral Candidate Will Be Safe Streets Skeptic Nicole Malliotakis (@CrainsNewYork, NYT, GG)
- Placard Reformer de Blasio Won’t Disclose the Names of the Chosen Ones (Post)
- After Blaming Victim, NYPD Arrests Driver Who Killed Kelly Hurley (Voice, DNA)
- Motorists Hit Children in Bed-Stuy and Williamsburg (DNA, News)
- Motorcyclist Dies in Williamsburg Bridge Crash (News, AMNY)
- Will the Yankees Ever Replace All the Bronx Parkland Seized for Stadium? (NYT)
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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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