Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:42 AM EDT on July 12, 2017
- Driver Kills Cyclist in Bed-Stuy — No Charges Filed (News)
- New Yorkers Are Wising Up to Cuomo’s MTA Shenanigans (NYT, Politico)
- Let’s Hope Lhota Is Serious About Making the MTA More Transparent (News)
- State Senate Republicans Back Funding for LIRR Third Track (AP)
- MTR: Fixing the Subway Would Burnish Cuomo’s Climate Change Bona Fides
- Today’s Subway Crisis Is Rooted in the Early 20th Century (Vox)
- DOT Announces Summer Streets Schedule (DNA, Gothamist)
- NYC Is Starving the Beloved Police Athletic League Play Streets Program (NYT, DNA)
- Nice Business Insider Piece on How the Sheridan Expressway Decimated Hunts Point
- Driver Who Killed Mary Cerqua in SI Crosswalk Has Completed Her Sentence (Advance)
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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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