Today’s Headlines
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By
Brad Aaron
8:58 AM EDT on July 21, 2017
- Make No Mistake: Joe Lhota Does as Andrew Cuomo Says (NYT, Politico, News, Post)
- NYC Democrats Remain Silent as Cuomo Allows the Subway System to Collapse (Voice)
- WNYC Has a Round-Up of the Week in Subway Misery; More: DNA
- Cuomo, Running the MTA, Announces $5B in LIRR Upgrades (QNS)
- Post Knocks Cuomo’s Budget Shell Games; MTA Board Member: Let’s Raise Taxes (Post)
- The Times Toured the Nearly Completed Gateway Tunnels on the Far West Side
- Jim Dwyer Isn’t Buying City Hall’s Excuses for Neglected Play Streets Program (NYT)
- QChron Covered CB 11’s Last-Minute Attempt to Derail Northern Blvd. Safety Improvements
- DOT Does Nothing as Sinkhole Swallows East River Greenway (DNA)
- Curb-Jumping Driver Critically Injures Woman Walking in the 19th Precinct (DNA, Post, NY1)
- The Bikelash Well Never Runs Dry at The Brooklyn Paper
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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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