Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:46 AM EDT on July 5, 2017
- Cuomo and State Lawmakers Left NYC in the Lurch, But Uber Got Its Way (NYT)
- U.S. DOT Cuts Ties With Gateway Corporation (Eno, AMNY, WNYC)
- Rahm Emanuel Weighs In on MTA Problems and Federal Transit Funding (NYT)
- Daily News Scoop: Some MTA Officials Take the Subway More Often Than Others
- Amtrak Will Divert Trains From Penn to Grand Central This Summer (Post, NY1)
- RIOC Settles Suit With Family of Cyclist Killed by Bus Driver Who Was Cleared by NYPD (News)
- Husband of Olga Cook Sues Hudson River Park Trust for Poor Greenway Design (DNA)
- Driver Hits Two People at JFK; Victims Hospitalized (Post)
- Motorcyclist Dies in Bruckner Expressway Crash (DNA)
- What If Veterans in Suffolk County Didn’t Have to Drive Everywhere? (NYT)
- The Times Is Looking for Straphangers to Help With Transit Coverage
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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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